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Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at the 27th Boule conference, Los Angeles, 1946

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Title: Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at the 27th Boule conference, Los Angeles, 1946
Alternative Title: Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
Date Created and/or Issued: August 8, 1946
1946-08-08
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Group portrait of about 200 African American women of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority pose in front of a church during the 27th Annual Boule.
Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ) is a Greek-lettered sorority, the first established by African-American college women on January 15, 1908 at Howard University. The membership is for college-educated women.
Photo caption: 27th Annual Boule Aug. 8th 1946, Los Angeles, Calif.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b25_f04_003.tif
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Subject: African American Greek letter societies
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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