The coed frat for college students who no longer want to get crunk, usually with a set of 12 stairs in front.
A college greek version of Alcoholics Anonymous.
A college greek version of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Guy No. 1: Do you want to come to a party with me?
Guy No. 2: No, the game is on. Also, I'm in Alpha Alpha, so I can't drink.
Guy No. 2: No, the game is on. Also, I'm in Alpha Alpha, so I can't drink.
by Matt |2 August 1, 2009
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, as a social fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha has initiated over 175,000 men into the organization and has been open to men of all races since 1945. The fraternity utilizes motifs and artifacts from Ancient Egypt to represent the organization and preserves its archives at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.
The founders, Henry Callis, Charles Chapman, Eugene Jones, George Kelley, Nathaniel Murray, Robert Ogle, and Vertner Tandy, are collectively known as the "Seven Jewels". The fraternity expanded when a second chapter was chartered at Howard University in 1907. Beginning in 1908, Alpha Phi Alpha became the prototype for other Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO). Today, there are over 680 active Alpha chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, the West Indies, and the Virgin Islands.
Alpha Phi Alpha evolved into a primarily service organization and has provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World Wars, Civil Rights Movements, and addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues affecting people of color. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is a project of Alpha Phi Alpha and the fraternity jointly leads philanthropic programming initiatives with March of Dimes, Head Start, Boy Scouts of America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha include Jamaican Prime Minister and Rhodes Scholar Norman Manley, Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Olympian Jesse Owens, Justice Thurgood Marshall, United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. Numerous other American leaders are among the men who have adopted the fraternity’s principles—manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind.
The founders, Henry Callis, Charles Chapman, Eugene Jones, George Kelley, Nathaniel Murray, Robert Ogle, and Vertner Tandy, are collectively known as the "Seven Jewels". The fraternity expanded when a second chapter was chartered at Howard University in 1907. Beginning in 1908, Alpha Phi Alpha became the prototype for other Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO). Today, there are over 680 active Alpha chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, the West Indies, and the Virgin Islands.
Alpha Phi Alpha evolved into a primarily service organization and has provided leadership and service during the Great Depression, World Wars, Civil Rights Movements, and addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues affecting people of color. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is a project of Alpha Phi Alpha and the fraternity jointly leads philanthropic programming initiatives with March of Dimes, Head Start, Boy Scouts of America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha include Jamaican Prime Minister and Rhodes Scholar Norman Manley, Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Olympian Jesse Owens, Justice Thurgood Marshall, United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. Numerous other American leaders are among the men who have adopted the fraternity’s principles—manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind.
by BlackCsr3 November 12, 2007
The first sorority designed for black women. The organization was founded at Howard University in 1908. The organzation was created to be supreme in service to all mankind. AKA has always been a big supporter of the arts, as well. Though concerned with its "image," much of the service work is done quietly by members in communities all over the world. The organization's membership is over 200,000 college-educated women. The sorority has been launching civil rights, education, economic empowerment, and health programs designed to better the world since its founding. Its members are generally though of to be ladies among women. The official colors are salmon pink and apple green, and the official mascot is the ivy leaf. AKAs are generally thought of as being women who have the total package: brains, beauty, elegance, charm, and quiet strength. The organization continues to prove its relevance and its ability to stand the test of time with grace and strength. Some terms commonly associated with Alpha Kappa Alpha are: first and finest, 20 pearls, ivy, "mirror," skee-wee, AKAtude, lady, etc.
Alpha Kappa Alpha was the FIRST greek organization to be recognized as an accredited observer at the United Nations during the 1940s.
by Mizpah May 6, 2007
The first historically black greek letter organization founded by and for african-american women. The illustrious sorority was founded on January 15, 1908 on the campus of Howard University in Washington D.C. Her beautiful founders and incorporators are known as "The Twenty Pearls" and they are as follows (in alphabetical order): The Guiding Light Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Norma E. Boyd, Julia Evangeline Brooks, Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Elizabeth Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Ethel Jones Mowbray, Alice P. Murray, Lavinia Norman, Sarah Merriwether Nutter, Nellie M. Quander, Nellie Pratt Russell, Johanna Berry Shields, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Minnie Beatrice Smith, Carrie E. Snowden, Marie Woolfolk Taylor and Harriet Josephine Terry. The colors of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. are Salmon Pink and Apple Green, the national flower is the Pink Tea Rose, and the national symbol is the Ivy Leaf. The sorority is known for it has continued it's "Service To All Mankind" through community service throughout the years. It's Current program for 2006 - 2010 is The Heart of ESP: An Extraordinary Service Program. The platforms are PLATFORM #1 Non-Traditional Entrepreneur, PLATFORM #2 Economic Keys to Success, PLATFORM #3 Economic Growth of the Black Family, PLATFORM #4 Undergraduate Signature Program: Economic Educational Advancement Through Technology, PLATFORM #5 Health Resource Management and Economics. The Lovely Ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha continue to exhibit what true beauty is and although there are more than a few haters, Alpha Kappa Alpha will continue to be THE FIRST AND THE FINEST (and the prettiest), they've been for the past 99 years and will continue to be for many more years to come. SKEE- WEE MY SORORS!!!!
I'm so pretty on my right, so pretty on my left, i'm so pretty I can't stand myself, so pretty on my left, so pretty on my right, i'm so pretty I can't sleep at night, S K Double E, W, Double E, Skee-Wee my Sorors Skee-Wee, Skeeee- Weeee, 1 plus 1 is 2, 2 plus 1 is three, you better watch yo man because yo man is watching me, 4 plus 4 is 8, 1 more is 9, you wish you had an AKA to love you all the time, I love my A in front of my K I love my K in front of my A, I love my A K A, I love it, I love it, I love it, deep in my heart i love my AKA, I love my A K A, I love it, I love it, I love it. This is A SERIOUS MATTER- Alpha Kappa Alpha.
by unshAKAble-sp.06 May 24, 2007
Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, Incorporated, founded in January 15, 1908 at Howard University, is America's first Greek-letter organization established and incorporated by Black college women. The organization remains a predominately African-American sorority. The sorority's membership, however, includes women of Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic descent. The sorority serves all mankind through a nucleus of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters located in the United States, the Caribbean, Germany, Korea and Japan. Alpha Kappa Alpha women can be found on every continent in the world.
The purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to maintains a progressive interest in college life, an to be of service to all mankind. The sorority is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC).
Alpha Kappa Alpha asserts that membership is "comprised of over 200,000 college-trained women from around the world. The sorority has an active membership of over 49,000 members who represent a diverse constituency of women, from educators to heads of state, politicians, lawyers, medical professionals, media personalities, and decision-makers of major corporations. Graduate members constitute the largest percentage of membership." Alpha Kappa Alpha has 950 chapters located in the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, Germany, Korea and Japan.
The purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to maintains a progressive interest in college life, an to be of service to all mankind. The sorority is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC).
Alpha Kappa Alpha asserts that membership is "comprised of over 200,000 college-trained women from around the world. The sorority has an active membership of over 49,000 members who represent a diverse constituency of women, from educators to heads of state, politicians, lawyers, medical professionals, media personalities, and decision-makers of major corporations. Graduate members constitute the largest percentage of membership." Alpha Kappa Alpha has 950 chapters located in the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, Germany, Korea and Japan.
Girl A: Have you ever heard of Alpha Kappa Alpha?
Girl B: Yes! The AKAs are pretty cool on my campus.
Girl B: Yes! The AKAs are pretty cool on my campus.
by Respect the NPHC May 13, 2007
The first and the finest of all Black Greek Fraternities that was founded in 1906 on the campus of Cornell University. They are sexy, sophisticated, involved in their communities and smart as hell. Especiaslly those Bad BoyZZ of the Zeta Zeta chapter!!
by Swizzle May 31, 2005