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.

The only black sorority to start off as a spinoff. Everything they are or ever will be they owe to Alpha Kappa Alpha. Their "founders" (how you can found something you're already in is beyond me) began as members of AKA, they learned how to run a sorority and unethically broke their vows as AKAs to start their female fraternity. Even their "founding date" was given to them by AKA. The AKAs gave them a deadline, Jan 13th to drop the name Delta Sigma Theta. That deadline was 2 days before AKA's 5th anniversary, Jan. 15th. These Deltas didn't drop the name on the deadline & now that's supposedly their founding date...Puhlease...they can't even make up an original founding date.

a genus of 15 species of climbing or ground-creeping plants evergreen woody plants. Ivy symbolizes fidelity.

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 chap...

A historic Panhellenic sorority, including famous AKAs, Maya Angelou. AKAs can usually be intelligent, goal-oriented, poise and talented young women, mainly of color. Unfortunately, there are too many AKAs that are phony, bitchy, self-absorbed, connected to multi-million dollar companies which guarantees them a seven-figure salary after Undergrad when there are people who are not apart of Greek organizations who have to work twice as hard just because they are not associated with a fucking greek. Very fair, eh? And not to forget, many AKAs are very beautiful on the outside but possess the seven-headed beast within their rotten little souls.

"A guy who'd walk past a bar to be with a broad" from the memoir "The Tender Bar" by J.R. Moehringer

An auxiliary group created by the first and finest AKAs and is meant for highschool girls that want to become an AKA during their college years. Ivy pearls do a tremendous amount of community service work, perform at stepshows, host parties at local community centers, perform for their highschool and of course attend events sponsored by their beautiful big sisters;the AKAs. All graduate and undergrad chapters of AKA do not have an auxiliary group. Names of these groups vary but the most common is ivy pearls