About thw first minority woman initiated...

Diana Lam- Alpha Gamma Delta- UBC -initiated in 1952
Barbara Delany- Sigma Kappa- Cornell(?)- initiated in 1954
I know Lam was initiated first, cuz this topic has been brought up before and its was 2 years before Delany, but I cant remember whether the years are 1952:1954, or 1954:1956? I believe the first one is correct.
As far as the Syracuse III go...I dunno, I dont think anyone can really tell you why AGD is officially a fraternity and not a sorority. It might be just because even though the word sorority was around, it was just more common to be known as a women's fraternity. It just states in our new member book that , "unlike other groups that were founded as local groups or literary societies, AGD was founded to become a national women's fraternity."