The Story of Kappa Alpha Psi is Integral to the US

TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY

A The Indiana University Chapter at Bloomington, the Alpha of Kappa Alpha Nu is chartered. — Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, is founded at Howard University. B 1913 The University of Il- linois Chapter, the Beta of Kappa Alpha Nu is chartered. — Delta Sigma Theta Soror- ity is founded at Howard University. 1914 Founder Elder Watson Diggs becomes the 1 st Grand Polemarch and served from 1911-1917. —

Η 1916 The University of Ne- braska Chapter, the Eta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Carter G. Woodson com- missions the quarterly academic journal: The Journal of Negro History. The publication closes in 2001. The National Baptist Con- vention of America is formed. es used to deny Blacks the right to vote. — Carter G. Woodson founds the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. —

Γ The University of Iowa Chapter, the Gamma of Kappa Alpha Nu is chartered. — Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity is founded at Howard University. — President Woodrow Wil- son resegregates federal workplaces through an Executive Order. 1914-18 Approximately 380,000 Blacks fought in WWI.

1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded. 1910 The NAACP begins pub- lish The Crisis magazine. Many members of Kappa Alpha Psi are featured along the way.

1915

The National Urban League is established. 1911

∆ Ε Ζ The Ohio State Univer- sity Chapter, the Zeta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Guinn v. United States outlaws grandfather claus- The Lincoln University Chapter, the Epsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Kappa Alpha Nu changes its name to Kappa Alpha Psi. The Journal f ollows suit. — The Wilberforce Univer- sity Chapter the Delta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. —

Marcus Garvey comes to the United States.

Kappa Alpha Nu Fraterni- ty, is founded on the cam- pus of Indiana University at Bloomington on January 5, 1911.

The first issue of The Kappa Alpha Nu Journal is published.

The Great Migration begins through 1940

where approximately 1.5 million Blacks move from the Southern U.S. to the North and Midwest.

Frank M. Summers serves as the first editor.

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