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. Second row, left to right: Dera Gray '81 (MIT), [? Alpha Kappa Alpha Through the Years 1908-1988 [Marjorie H. Parker] on Amazon.com. Onyx charter line, before becoming the AKA Lambda Upsilon chapter, MIT's first sorority on campus, 1977. Welcome to our Alpha Kappa alpha. Massachusetts Institute of Technology c. Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1908 - 1958 or Sixty Years of Service d. Schedule of assignments of orientation material;s to be studied concerning the purpose of the Ivy Leaf Pledge Club; the purposes, history, ideals and organization of Alpha Kappa Al pha in particular and Greek letter organizations in general. We left quite a legacy for other women to follow. Five years later (1913), lead incorporator Nellie Quander ensured Alpha Kappa Alpha’s perpetuity through incorporation in the District of Columbia. Lambda Upsilon carries a rich tradition of excellence and vows to continue blazing a trailer for others to follow. Parker, Marjorie H., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Through the Years, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, 1990. Alpha Kappa Alpha Through the Years: 1908-1988. To find an organization of women that, almost by definition, not only instantly understood my circumstance but empathized with me and in most instances shared the same experience. Throughout the years, women of Alpha Kappa Alpha have been trailblazers in the field of art. Confined to what she called “a small circumscribed life” in the segregated and male-dominated milieu that characterized the early 1900s, Howard University co-ed Ethel Hedgeman dreamed of creating a support network for women with like minds coming together for mutual uplift, and coalescing their talents and strengths for the benefit of others. We have been providing service in Anderson County for over 30 years. 77 Massachusetts Avenue Photo: Richard Berry/StoptimePhoto.com, Courtesy Elaine Harris, Courtesy Brittany-Rae Gregory and Alpha Kappa Alpha, Lambda Upsilon Chapter, Courtesy Alpha Kappa Alpha, Lambda Upsilon Chapter, Courtesy of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Lambda Upsilon Chapter, Photo: Michael Cardinali, Courtesy of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Lambda Upsilon Chapter, Tell us about your piece of MIT Black history. It was the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. 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