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In which chapter was US vice president Kamala Harris initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha?

Alpha Chapter at Howard University

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Which school was our sorority founded?

 Howard University

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What does the phrase ‘20 pearls’ refer to?

 20 young women who founded and expanded the sorority beginning in 1908.

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What year was Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated founded, the first Black sorority?

January 15th, 1908 at Howard University

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What year was Xi Nu chartered

1983

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In Fall 2023, the daughter of a renowned actress became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. What is her name?

Zahara Jolie (Pitt)

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How many original Founders are there?

9

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 How many members are in Alpha Kapp Alpha Sorority Inc

 360,000

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Who was the first President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated

 Lucy Diggs Slowe

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How many women were at the interest meeting that started Xi Nu

20

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Which member recently won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture?

Ava DuVernay for Origin (2023)

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What year was Ethel Hedgemon (Lyle) born in?

 1887

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What year was the Ivy Leaf first published

 1921

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What year did AKA hold its first public political action conference with Illinois Congressman Martin B. Madden, a human rights activist as the speaker?

1921

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What graduate chapter oversees Xi Nu

Xi Xi Omega 

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The legendary R&B singer Brandy Norwood is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. When AND where was she initiated? (Answer with the year and location)

2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina (66th Boule)

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After graduating from Howard, what school did Marie Woolfolk Taylor attend?

Cleveland, Ohio's Schauffler Training School for Social Service

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What is the address of the Alpha Kappa Alpha headquarters?

 5656 S. Stony Island Ave. · Chicago, Illinois 60637 · US

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 Who was the first Black woman to earn a Teaher’s Life Certificate from the Oklahoma State Department of Education?

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle



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Name a Charter Member

any answer

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The Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant is a competition that has supported and embraced the beauty, brilliance, and diversity of Black women since 1987. How many former Miss Black USA national titleholders have been AKAs?

4 (Alicia Hughes, Gamma Psi - Miss Black USA 1998; Osas Ighodaro, Pi Iota Omega - Miss Black USA 2010; Kelsi Horn, Delta Zeta - Miss Black USA 2018; Myja Gary, Alpha Phi - Miss Black USA 2021)

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Lavinia Norman was a teacher. What did she teach?

English, French, and Latin

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How many Chapters are there?

1046

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How much money was the Alpha Kappa Alpha’s first installment to support for the United Negro College Fund?

$500,000

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What year did Xi Nu split off into Xi Nu and Rho Kappa 

1995