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Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African-American college women. Led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded on January 15, 1908, in Miner Hall on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. by nine college students. After a schism occurred between undergraduate and graduate sorority members, the group expanded to twenty when the organization was incorporated on January 29, 1913. The sorority's document and pictorial archives are located at Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Consisting of women of African, Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic descent, the sorority serves all mankind through a nucleus of more than 200,000 women in over 975 chapters. An interested member can join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university, or through graduate chapters after acquiring a college degree. Chapters consisting of Alpha Kappa Alpha women can be found nationally and internationally. Alpha Kappa Alpha works with communities through service initiatives and progressive programs relating to education, family, health, and business that have a direct impact on the world community. The sorority is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, and the current International President is Barbara A. McKinzie. Alpha Kappa Alpha celebrated a centennial anniversary on January 15, 2008. (more…)