Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated was organized on the campus of - Answer -
Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1908
The inspiration for establishing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated came from -
Answer -Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
By whom was Ethel Hedgeman Lyle influenced? - Answer -Tremain Robinson and
Elizabeth Appa Cook, school teachers
The first president of Alpha Kappa Alpha was - Answer -Lucy Diggs Slowe
How are chapter program activities determined? - Answer -By the International Program
Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus
Undergraduates may hold which of the following offices? - Answer -Second Supreme
Anti-Basileus and Member-at-Large
All of these are standing committees of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated,
except - Answer -Scholarship
The Director of the International Region is - Answer -Carrie J. Clark
A transfer of the membership must be issued by - Answer -Alpha Kappa Alpha
Corporate Office
The colors of Alpha Kappa Alpha - Answer -Salmon Pink and Apple Green
The official flower of Alpha Kappa Alpha is the - Answer -Pink Tea Rose
Membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated may be classified as
______________. - Answer -Undergraduate, Graduate, General, Associate, Honorary,
Life
How often does the Boule meet? - Answer -Biennially (every 2 years)
, How many individuals were in the original group? - Answer -9
What are the names of the original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.? -
Answer -Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie
Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Marie Woolfolk Taylor
Name two facts about Ethel Hedgeman Lyle - Answer -Named honorary Basileus
(president) at 1926 Boule—a title she carried until her death, which no other woman has
held and taught music
Name two facts about Anna Easter Brown - Answer -First Tamiouchos Alpha Chapter &
Taught 31 years in Rocky Mount, NC
Name two facts about Beulah Burke - Answer -Created organization name, motto &
colors & Taught Latin, German & English in Georgia & in Kansas City, MO
Name two facts about Lillie Burke - Answer -Co-created organization motto &
Participated in organizing Xi Omega Chapter
Name two facts about Marjorie Hill - Answer -First Ivy Beyond the Wall and Taught at
Morgan college in Lynchburg, VA
Name two facts about Margaret Flagg Holmes - Answer -Member first Constitution &
Bylaws Committee & Avid traveleler
Name two facts about Lavinia Norman - Answer -Presided over the first Ivy Day
celebration & Celebrated 100th birthday with a gala party
Name two facts about Lucy Diggs Slowe - Answer -First Basileus (president) Alpha
Chapter & Drafted organization's constitution
When was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? - Answer -January 15, 1908
The Domestic Travel Tour was - Answer -A one-week tour of cities which are significant
to Black history
When was the Domestic Travel Tour initiated? - Answer -1969
When was AKA incorporated? - Answer -January 29, 1913
In February 1928, seven students were admitted into the sorority without initiation. List
these individuals - Answer -Joanna Berry Shields, Norma Boyd, Ethel Jones Mowbray,
Sara Meriweather Nutter, Alice P. Murray, Carrie Snowden, Harriet J. Terry
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