Member badge for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An Alpha Kappa Alpha members badge with a stickpin back. The badge is in the shape of an ivy leaf with a green center. The badge is outlined with small pearls. Gold lettering appears in the green center. It reads “A. K. A.” The badge is attached to a gold chain. The chain is also decorated with pearls near the second pendant, which are the Greek letters GX. This is representative of the Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter Gamma Chi at Northwestern University.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1908
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
• Subject of: Northwestern University, American, founded 1851
• Type: badges
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: 1 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (2.7 x 3.2 x 0.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Sororities
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: 2013.133.2.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Society of Washington, DC and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.