AKA certainly never changed our name but we definitely had to keep the name of our programs to include all the new initiatives and of course make room for our partnerships. Here we are supporting various organizations but also supporting the Costigan-Wagner Anti - Lynching Bill.  Then again in the work with our own National Non Partisan Council on Public Affairs.

FILIBUSTER ENDED AS SENATE SHELVES ANTI-LYNCH BILL; But Asserts He Will Fight On for Passage--Failure to Use Closure Draws His Fire PLANS CAMPAIGN REPRISAL Southerners, Victorious Third Time, Bid New Yorker to Come Into Their States Wagner in Doubt on Candidacy Only Possible Ways, Says Barkley Vote of 58 to 22 to Lay Measure Aside for Relief Bill Taken on Motion by Barkley WAGNER CAN'T STEM TIDE FILIBUSTER ENDED ON LYNCHING BILL Norris Opposes Measure

The New York Times,  February 22, 1938, Page 1 

In 1938, the National Non-partisan Council on Public Affairs (NPC), an outgrowth of the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority, became the first organization devoted to lobbying the federal government to advance African American civil rights. The group initially focused on raising public awareness of police brutality against Black Washingtonians and advocating for DC home rule. 

It began from AKA Boyd, seeing young black boys not attend  school because they didn't believe they would ever get employment  and due to the outrage over  senators fighting over the Anti Lynching bill but only in their own interests. Entirely funded by AKA, the group quickly expanded its mission to ensuring that African Americans benefited from New Deal jobs and entitlement programs such as Social Security, which then excluded domestic and agricultural workers. Along with the Washington Urban League, NPC also worked to abolish  the requirement that applications for federal government jobs include a photograph of the applicant, a practice that facilitated racial discrimination in hiring.

In partnership with the national AKA, led by Dorothy Ferebee, and chapters around the country, NPC lobbied successfully for the admission of African American women into the US Navy during World War II and for integrating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAC).

In 1951, The ACHR’s included in its initiatives the  Passage of an anti-lynching bill and the adoption of any and all administrative measures to end mob violence and protect the security of the person.

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In 1948, AKA collaborated with several other Greek organizations to replace NPC with a larger organization, the American Council on Human Rights. Led by Elmer Henderson, the ACHR continued to carry out NPC's mission of ensuring fair employment and wages, advancing Black voting rights, and demanding access to decent, non-segregated housing. In DC, the group worked to desegregate places of employment and public accommodations, including federally operated facilities such as Anacostia Pool.   The NPC was also lobbied to have Slowe Hall built as a dwelling for black women during the war and it eventually became housing for Howard University.