Hundreds of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority members stood in their trademark pink and green colors on July 9, 2022, outside Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The sorority, established in 1908 as the first-ever Greek-letter organization for Black collegiate women, attended a welcome reception hosted by Walt Disney World Resort on the eve of the sorority’s international convention in Orlando. (David Roark, Photographer)
Currently the sorority has more than 300,000 members, including well-known past and present members such as poet Maya Angelou, actor Jada Pinkett Smith, singer Alicia Keys, activist Coretta Scott King, author Toni Morrison, actor Jada Pinkett Smith, singer Ella Fitzgerald and civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
