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AKA Film Shows Impact of Black College Women - The New Journal and Guide

By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D.

NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® is the nation’s first sorority for Black college women. Founded on the campus of Howard University in 1908, nine visionary women created a sisterhood committed to serving the African American community and elevating issues impacting women and girls. Forty-five years following emancipation and in the face of great racial and gender discrimination, these young women decided to become the change they wanted to see, creating an influential sisterhood and legacy that is culturally relevant today.

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