That shared experience was the foundation for the currency we used, and continue to use, for all of our interactions. Founded at Howard University in 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha is the oldest Greek-lettered organization established by African-American college-educated women and the first sorority of any type at MIT. Alpha Kappa Alpha Famous Sorors: The Unauthorized History Book of Alpha Kappa Alpha Famous Sorority Members! If you have an important item you believe the project should consider for its collection, please start by contacting us on this website.Photo: Richard Berry/StoptimePhoto.com, Courtesy Elaine HarrisCourtesy Brittany-Rae Gregory and Alpha Kappa Alpha, Lambda Upsilon ChapterCourtesy of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Lambda Upsilon ChapterPhoto: Michael Cardinali, Courtesy of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Lambda Upsilon Chapter The small group of women who organized the Sorority was conscious of a privileged position as college-trained women of color, just one generation removed from slavery. To ensure the continuity of the organization, seven Class of 1910 honor students who had expressed interest were invited to join without initiation.Nellie Quander was elected president in 1911. Lambda Upsilon's membership consists of the college campuses of MIT, Harvard University, and Wellesley College.Through the years, Lambda Upsilon has been committed to sisterhood and service to all mankind. When MIT was founded in 1861, most students lived locally and commuted from home. Lambda Upsilon carries a rich tradition of excellence and vows to continue blazing a trailer for others to follow.When I recall my experiences at MIT it is synonymous with Lambda Upsilon, perhaps because it was part of my college life for the entire four years. From the core group of nine at Howard, AKA has grown into a force of more than 290,000 collegiate members and alumnae, constituting 997 chapters in 42 states, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Germany, Liberia, South Korea, Japan, Canada, South Africa and the Middle East.Because they believed that Negro college women represented “the highest—more education, more enlightenment, and more of almost everything that the great mass of Negroes never had" — Hedgeman and her cohorts worked to honor what she called “an everlasting debt to raise them (Negroes) up and to make them better.” For more than a century, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sisterhood has fulfilled that obligation by becoming an indomitable force for good in their communities, state, nation, and the world.Educator Margaret Flagg Holmes, one of the 16 original founders, helped write Alpha Kappa Alpha’s first constitution and bylaws: "It is through her recorded recollections about the personalities of the other original founders that the character sketches of those pioneering young women now exist for future generations of members" (The Onyx Charter Line, the precursor to the AKA Lambda Upsilon Chapter at the Institute, was inspired by Mary Hope, then MIT Assistant Dean of Student Affairs.
ANOTHER RARE COLLECTIBLE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA BOOK Designed to be a coffee table display or decoration/showcase book, this small book is a celebration of members that belong to a great organization! When MIT was founded in 1861, most students lived locally and commuted from home. Official YouTube channel of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
$26.23. Handwritten meeting invitation from the Ivy League Pledge Club of the AKA Lambda Upsilon Chapter to a member of the Lambda Upsilon Men's Affiliate, ca. The sorority's clear demonstration that its pledge of service was more than just lip service cemented my commitment. Kappa Alpha Order was founded as Phi Kappa Chi on December 21, 1865, at Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia.James Ward Wood, William Archibald Walsh, and brothers William Nelson Scott and Stanhope McClelland Scott are the founders of the fraternity. And certainly being able to charter the first sorority on MIT’s campus (black or white) is just outstanding!It was the promise of sisterhood that first piqued my interest in AKA. mid-late 1970s. The first step of establishing a national body in perpetuity was taken in 1913 when Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was legally incorporated. I am no less certain of this than anything in life: If I reach out in need to one of my sorors today, they will, without question, be there.The mission of the MIT Black History Project is to research, identify, and produce scholarly curatorial content on the Black experience at MIT since the Institute opened its doors in 1865.Founded at Howard University in 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha is the oldest Greek-lettered organization established by African-American college-educated women and the first sorority of any type at MIT. Hope felt that an effective group was needed through which Black women on predominantly White campuses could communicate and help each other.The Lambda Upsilon Chapter of AKA was chartered on October 8, 1977 and was the first sorority on MIT's campus of any type. Kappa Alpha and the Heritage of our Founding Lexington and the Shenandoah Valley have seen their share of history.