Source: Getty Images Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 8:30 a.m. EST Today, the ladies of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., are donning their finest pink and green fashions and Skee-Weeing to the high heavens in celebration of their 118th Founder's Day! The FIRST Black sorority, founded on the campus of Howard University in 1908, the sorority now boasts hundreds of thousands of women who have pursued careers in the arts and entertainment, STEM fields, and even politics. A few of our favorite celebrities are AKAs.