Happy 103rd Anniversary AKA!

I couldn't let today pass (and if I ever want to taste my mom's German Chocolate pound cake again in life) without noting that today is the 103rd anniversary of the founding of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

It was born on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC on January 15, 1908 by a group of nine students led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle.   

From those humble beginnings it has grown into an international organization headquartered in Chicago with over 250,000 college educated women that celebrated its centennial in 2008.

Chances are that if there is a groundbreaking African American woman making the news somewhere or in the history books, she either wore or is wearing salmon pink and apple green.

Skee-wee and Happy 103rd Anniversary to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.!