• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was founded on the campus of Howard University, in Miner Hall, January 15, 1908.
• The official colors of our sorority are salmon pink and apple green.
• Alpha Kappa Alpha's motto is "by merit and by culture".
• Alpha Kappa Alpha comes from the first three letters of the Greek words that represent Alpha Kappa Alpha's motto.
• In order to ensure continuous life, Alpha Kappa Alpha was incorporated on January 29, 1913
• The first ivy beyond the wall was Marjorie Hill, one of our sixteen founders. She was honored at the first Ivy Day Celebration on May 25, 1909.
• There were six incorporators: Julia Brooks, Norma Boyd, Ethel Jones Mowbray, Nellie M. Quander, Nellie Pratt Russell, and Minnie B. Smith.
• Ethel Hedgeman Lyle was the founding spirit of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She came up with the idea for an organizaiton uniting women with common interests in the summer of 1907.
• Beulah E. Burke was not only one of the original founders of the sorority, but she was also the chartering members of the Beta chapter (Chicago), Gamma chapter (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign), Delta chapter (University of Kansas), Beta Omega chapter (Kansas City, Missouri), and Mu Omega chapter (Kansas City, Kansas)
• Founder Lucy Diggs Slowe received her master's degree from Columbia University and chartered the first junior high school in Washington D.C.
• All of Alpha Kappa Alpha's grad chapters end in Omega.
• Twenty pearls signify our sixteen founders and six incorporators. The reason why there is not twenty-two pearls is because two of the incorporators are honored as founders.