Alpha Kappa Alpha Study Guide – Complete Guide
When and where was Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founded? ✔️Ans - 1908.
Howard University. Washington, D.C.
Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? ✔️Ans - To make college experiences
meaningful and valuable by enhancing the capacity of college-trained women
for significant self-realization
Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and by
whom was she influenced? ✔️Ans - Ethel Hedgemen Lyle; Tremain Robinson
and Elizabeth Appa Cook (school teachers)
How are chapter program activities determined? ✔️Ans - By the
International Program Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus
How many individuals were in the original group? ✔️Ans - Nine; Anna Easter
Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Ethel
Hedgeman (Lyle), Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe and Marie Woolfolk
(Taylor)
Who was elected as the first president? ✔️Ans - Lucy Diggs Slowe
Who are the seven (7) Sophomores who were admitted into the sorority
without initiation in 1928? ✔️Ans - The Seven (7) Sophomores: Norma Boyd,
Ethel Jones (Mowbray), Alice Murray, Sarah Meriweather (Nutter), Joanna
Berry (Shields), Carrie Snowden and Harriet Terry
"Ivy Beyond the Wall" meaning ✔️Ans - Deceased soror
January 15, 1908 ✔️Ans - AKA was founded
January 29, 1913 ✔️Ans - AKA was incorporated
Programs for Graduate Members ✔️Ans - Fellowships, financial aid, job
placement
, When and where was the first international chapter set up? ✔️Ans - 1948 in
Libera
When was the first national office opened? ✔️Ans - October 8, 1949
Cleveland Job Corps Center ✔️Ans - 1965: First woman's organization to
have opportunity to assisted the government in preparing women and girls
for the responsibilities of citizenship through an anti-poverty program.
Heritage Series on Black Women ✔️Ans - 1968: A series of brochures
detailing the accomplishments of Black women.
Domestic Travel Tour ✔️Ans - 1969: One week tour of cities with sites,
significant to Black heritage.
AKA Connection ✔️Ans - A Communication Network.
Leadership Fellows Program ✔️Ans - Two-phase development program for
undergraduates designed to improve their leadership skills via structured
theoretical exposure and pragmatic training.
The History Committee ✔️Ans - TBD
Current International Program ✔️Ans - Launching New Dimensions of
Service
Where is the sorority's Corporate Office? ✔️Ans - 5656 South Stony Island
Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
773-684-1282
Corporate Office's Chief Adminstrator ✔️Ans - Executive Director; Maintains
permanent records, transacts business, implements AKA programs.
Chapter president and role ✔️Ans - Presides at all meetings of the chapter,
appoints members of committees, and serves as an ex-officio member of all
committees.
Local chapters and functions ✔️Ans - TBD
When and where was Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founded? ✔️Ans - 1908.
Howard University. Washington, D.C.
Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? ✔️Ans - To make college experiences
meaningful and valuable by enhancing the capacity of college-trained women
for significant self-realization
Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and by
whom was she influenced? ✔️Ans - Ethel Hedgemen Lyle; Tremain Robinson
and Elizabeth Appa Cook (school teachers)
How are chapter program activities determined? ✔️Ans - By the
International Program Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus
How many individuals were in the original group? ✔️Ans - Nine; Anna Easter
Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Ethel
Hedgeman (Lyle), Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe and Marie Woolfolk
(Taylor)
Who was elected as the first president? ✔️Ans - Lucy Diggs Slowe
Who are the seven (7) Sophomores who were admitted into the sorority
without initiation in 1928? ✔️Ans - The Seven (7) Sophomores: Norma Boyd,
Ethel Jones (Mowbray), Alice Murray, Sarah Meriweather (Nutter), Joanna
Berry (Shields), Carrie Snowden and Harriet Terry
"Ivy Beyond the Wall" meaning ✔️Ans - Deceased soror
January 15, 1908 ✔️Ans - AKA was founded
January 29, 1913 ✔️Ans - AKA was incorporated
Programs for Graduate Members ✔️Ans - Fellowships, financial aid, job
placement
, When and where was the first international chapter set up? ✔️Ans - 1948 in
Libera
When was the first national office opened? ✔️Ans - October 8, 1949
Cleveland Job Corps Center ✔️Ans - 1965: First woman's organization to
have opportunity to assisted the government in preparing women and girls
for the responsibilities of citizenship through an anti-poverty program.
Heritage Series on Black Women ✔️Ans - 1968: A series of brochures
detailing the accomplishments of Black women.
Domestic Travel Tour ✔️Ans - 1969: One week tour of cities with sites,
significant to Black heritage.
AKA Connection ✔️Ans - A Communication Network.
Leadership Fellows Program ✔️Ans - Two-phase development program for
undergraduates designed to improve their leadership skills via structured
theoretical exposure and pragmatic training.
The History Committee ✔️Ans - TBD
Current International Program ✔️Ans - Launching New Dimensions of
Service
Where is the sorority's Corporate Office? ✔️Ans - 5656 South Stony Island
Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
773-684-1282
Corporate Office's Chief Adminstrator ✔️Ans - Executive Director; Maintains
permanent records, transacts business, implements AKA programs.
Chapter president and role ✔️Ans - Presides at all meetings of the chapter,
appoints members of committees, and serves as an ex-officio member of all
committees.
Local chapters and functions ✔️Ans - TBD
