Hertford in Perquimans County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

In Memory of Lillie Essie Burke

(1884-1949)

— Sorority Founder, Teacher —

In Memory of Lillie Essie Burke Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dave W, June 21, 2023

1. In Memory of Lillie Essie Burke Marker

Inscription.

Sorority Founder. Teacher One of Nine Founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), First Greek-letter Society for African American Collegiate Women (1908). English Teacher in Public Schools and Colleges in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia.

Erected 2018 by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Dr. Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, Internationl President.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1884.

Location. 36° 11.204′ N, 76° 28.466′ W. Marker is in Hertford, North Carolina, in Perquimans County. It is at the intersection of North Edenton Road Street and King Street, on the right when traveling north on North Edenton Road Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 North Edenton Road Street, Hertford NC 27944, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern

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Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: In Honor of Beulah Elizabeth Burke (here, next to this marker); A Rare Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); Colored Union Soldiers Monmument (approx. 0.2 miles away); John Skinner (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Harvey (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jim "Catfish" Hunter (approx. half a mile away); Betsy's Ride (approx. half a mile away); Perquimans County Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hertford.

Another marker is no longer nearby. A Rare Monument (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Wikipedia entry for Lillie Essie Burke.

Lillie Burke (died December 16, 1949) was an American
Photographed by Dave W, June 21, 2023

2. In Memory of Lillie Essie Burke Marker
Marker seen here on right.
woman who was one of the original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in 1908, the first sorority founded by African-American women. Burke and her sister Beulah Burke were two of the nine cofounders.

(Submitted on June 22, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado.)

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