AKA'S The Ladies In My Life

If you could be put back in time to the early 1900's you would find a dualistic state of the black experience. Slavery and its past scars wore heavy on the subconscious of many blacks. Although the scars of whips and chains painted sorrowful imagery in many minds,you would find the life of a black person was steeped more in hope and faith for better days ahead,than grief and animosity of past ills that affected them. In 1908 A group of college women, established a sisterhood dedicated to consciously cultivating and encouraging high scholastic and ethical standards of self-fulfillment through volunteer services at Howard University in D.C..The A.K.A. Sorority promotes unity and friendship among college women,and constantly strives to address problems concerning girls and women. In an age of such rampant racism these black women showed an abundance of bravery and solidarity by forming the first black greek sorority established by black women.

THE FIRST AKA's

1.Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
2.Marjorie Hill
3.Lucy D. Slowe
4.Lillie Burke
5.Anna E. Brown
6.Marie Woolfolk Taylor
7.Beulah E. Burke
8.Margaret Flagg Holmes
9.Lavinia Norman
10.Norma Boyd
11.Ethel J. Mowbray
12.Alice P. Murray
13.Sarah M. Nutter
14.Joanna B. Shields
15.Carrie E. Snowden
16.Harriett J. Terry
The Incorporators:
1.Norma Boyd
2.Julia E. Brooks
3.Ethel Jones Mowbray
4.Nellie M. Quander
5.Nellie Pratt Russell
6.Minnie B. Smith