Happy Founders Day: 105 Years to the

the First, the Finest, the 20 Pearl wearing Sisters of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc!!!

105 years ago a Great Lady Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, & 8 Ladies formed the Original Nine including: Anna Brown, Beulah E, Burke, Lillie Burke, Margorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Lavinia Norman, Lucy D. Slowe, Marie Woolfol Taylor. 

In 1910, a sophomore Class was inducted including: Norma Boyd, Ethel J Mowbray, Alice P Murray, Sarah M. Nutter, Joanna B. Shields, Carrie E Snowden, Harriet J Terry, 

AKA was incopoerated in January 29, 1913 by the following Pearls: Norma Boyd, Julia E Brooks, Ethel Jones Mombray, Nellie M Quander, Nellie Pratt Russell, and Minnie B. Smith.

Three times imitated, Never duplicated, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated is the First!!! Have been making a History of firsts since 1908 :

105 years of Service to ManKind, "So let my life like the Ivy be, a help to man, and a wreath for Thee" 

May the Ivy Live on for many more years with continued Service and Promotion of Education Among Young College Women.

HAPPY FOUNDER'S DAY!!!!!!

Happy Founders Day to the:

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc 1913

ladies of the DST.  It's another year, and the Delta's have made it this far, today it's their Century mark.  The Deltas are here to celebrate making a difference in the lives of the African American community for the last 100 years. Much love and respect to the women who were founded by women who pledged to the pink and green of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc and realized they wished for more from their organaization than was available at the time. They choose to move on and great their own legacy.  (No I'm not a Delta, but I do have friends in the sorority and wish to honor them.)

For those of you who don't know, the Delta women wanted different things from the sorority than the Alpha women did and made the decision to split from the core group and created their own sorority today January 13th in 1913 on the Howard College Campus.  The women wished to aide those in need and promote academic success among the black community.

The first public act performed by the Delta Founders involved their participation in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C., March 1913. Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in 1930.( from Black Greek.com).
There are many woman who proudly wear the Delta Red, and are a blessing in their fields including:
Cicely Tyson, Judith Jamison ( Alvin Ailey Director), Soledad O'Brien (CNN news anchor), Niiki Giovanni (amazing Poet & author), Keisha Knight Pullam ( Rudy from The Cosby Show), Aretha Franklin, Dr. Camille Cosby (Bill Cosby's wife), Ruby Dee Davis. As you can see many of them come from the journalistic field or are in the entertainment field, DST women love to shine. Rumor has it the most famous DST is Oprah Winfrey, she has never commented on it, but it's out there and accepted by many in the Greek society. 

To the many women who came before, who walk wearing the Red now, who stand for the DST, and the women who will come, May you always hold your head up high and walk with Pride Ladies.

Happy Birthday & happy Founder's Day Deltas

Happy Founders Day to the :

men of Sigma Blue.  Happy 99th Birthday gentlemen.  Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., an international organization of college and professional men, was founded on January 9th, 1914 at Howard University on the principles, Brotherhood, Scholarship and Service. These principles are exhibited by the fraternity motto, "Culture for Service and Service for Humanity." As one of the now nine predominantly Black Greek-Lettered organizations, Phi Beta Sigma has a membership of over 100,000 with over 600 chapters throughout the continental United States, Switzerland, Europe, the Caribbean and Africa.

According to the official web site, "Today, eighty-seven years later, Phi Beta Sigma has blossomed into an international organization of leaders. No longer a single entity, the Fraternity has now established the Phi Beta Sigma Educational Foundation, the Phi Beta Sigma Housing Foundation, the Phi Beta Sigma Federal Credit Union, and the Phi Beta Sigma Charitable Outreach Foundation. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., founded in 1920 with the assistance of Phi Beta Sigma, is the sister organization. No other fraternity and sorority is constitutionally bound as Sigma and Zeta. We both enjoy and foster a mutually supportive relationship."

A complete list of the famous men of Sigma Blue can be found here, some of them are: Blair Underwood, Morris Chestnut, Morgan Freeman, Malik Yoba & the men of the Temptations & Huey P Newton.
(Information from BlackGreek.com)

Happy Birthday & Happy Founder's Day Brothers!!

Happy Founder's Day to ...

the First, the Finest, the 20 Pearl wearing Sisters of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc!!!

104 years ago a Great Lady Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, & 8 Ladies formed the Original Nine including: Anna Brown, Beulah E, Burke, Lillie Burke, Margorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Lavinia Norman, Lucy D. Slowe, Marie Woolfol Taylor. 

In 1910, a sophomore Class was inducted including: Norma Boyd, Ethel J Mowbray, Alice P Murray, Sarah M. Nutter, Joanna B. Shields, Carrie E Snowden, Harriet J Terry, 

AKA was incopoerated in January 29, 1913 by the following Pearls: Norma Boyd, Julia E Brooks, Ethel Jones Mombray, Nellie M Quander, Nellie Pratt Russell, and Minnie B. Smith.

Three times imitated, Never duplicated, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated is the First!!! Have been making a History of firsts since 1908 :


104 years of Service to ManKind, "So let my life like the Ivy be, a help to man, and a wreath for Thee" 


May the Ivy Live on for many more years with continued Service and Promotion of Education Among Young College Women.


HAPPY FOUNDER'S DAY!!!!!!

Happy Founder's Day to the ......

Ice Cold Brothers of the Alpha Phi Alpha Incorporated!!!! 105 Years ago 7 Jewels came together and created the FIRST, BEST, Fraterity of the Black & Old Gold.

"First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All, " Motto

In December 4,1906 at Cornell University, a hand full of students formed a way for the only Black students in Cornell to remain against the racism facing them.

Alpha Phi Alpha evolved into a primarily service organisation and provided leadership and service during the Great Depression,World Wars, and Civil Rights Movements. It addresses social issues such as apartheid, AIDS, urban housing, and other economic, cultural, and political issues of interest to people of color.

This group was a brotherhood of support, these men became Great and inspired the formation of the Sisterhood of 20 pearls Alpha Kappa Alpha, as well all the other Fraternities that came after.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has continued to supply voice and vision to the struggle of African Americans and people of color around the world. The Fraternity has long stood at the forefront of the African-American community's fight for civil rights.


Members of Alpha Phi Alpha include Jamaican Prime Minister Norman Manley, Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr., Olympian Jesse Owens, Justice Thurgood Marshall, United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson.

You Can Learn More about the Brothers the Black and Old Gold as well as the extremely well written and cited article on Wiki. I LOVE MY A PHI A!!!!