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ON A COLD MORNING in the winter of 1908, and 12 years before women of any color could vote in the United States, 16 women from Howard University came together to form the first Black Greek-letter women's organization, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., with the credo "to provide service to all mankind."
Today, with more than 200,000 members, the AKAs are among nine Black sororities and fraternities, representing more than 1 million members, that play a ...