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.
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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
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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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