Group photograph of about 32 members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in the courtyard of a building. Helen Louise Riddle is in the top last row (4th from R, with a little curl in the center of her forehead). Five women are seated behind a banner reading "Alpha Kappa Alpha." Helen Louise (Wheeler) Riddle was a founding member of the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at the University of Southern California (1922), and the first African American woman to graduate from USC Law School (1927). She married John Thomas Riddle, a USC graduate and USC football player. 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. This Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Chapter was formed on the campus of the University of Southern California by Marian Garrott Hall. Hall was an Alpha Kappa Alpha graduate member from Fisk University. The AKA Sigma Chapter's initial founding members were Leola Lewis, Ursula Puritt Murrell, Helen Wheeler Riddle, Corinne Stovall and Naida McCullough, who served as president. Photo caption: Alpha Kappa Alpha. Western States 3rd Annual Regional Conference Los Angeles June 20th -24, 1931. Written on back of photo: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 3rd Annual Western Regional conference June 1931?
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African American Greek letter societies Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Riddle, Helen Louise, 1904-1956
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