Alice Porter Murray was one of seven sophomore founders of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the first sorority founded by African-American women, on January 15, 1908.
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Early life
Born in
Washington, D.C.
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, Alice Murray was admitted to
Howard University
Howard University (Howard) is a Private university, private, University charter#Federal, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classifie ...
, the top historically black college in the nation, it was a time when only 1/3 of 1% of African Americans and 5% of whites of eligible age attended any college.
[James D. Brown, ''Black Education in the South, 1860-1935''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1988, p. 245]
Howard University and Alpha Kappa Alpha
Murray entered Howard Teachers College in 1906. During her collegiate years, she published several articles in ''Howard University Journal''.
In addition to participating in the founding of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Murray hosted an Alpha Kappa Alpha banquet for new members at Howard University in November 1909.
In 1910, Murray graduated with a B.A. degree in
liberal arts
Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term '' art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically th ...
and
pedagogy
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...
.
References
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Sophomore Founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha
People from Washington, D.C.
Alpha Kappa Alpha founders
19th-century births
20th-century deaths
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