TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
1941 Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Jackson (MS), Pittsburg (KS)*, Savannah (GA), Peters- burg (VA) and Beckley- Southern (WV). — A. Phillip Randolph proposes a March on Washington. — FDR issues EO 8802, requiring equal treatment and training of employees, forestalling the march. — The U.S. enters WWII. — The U.S. Army forms the Tuskegee Airmen. — U.S. Marine Corps first Black enlisted men train at Camp Montford Point. The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund is formed.
due to a racist rebuff at Constitution Hall.
The University of Toledo Chapter, the Beta Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Baton Rouge (LA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. ΒΞ
ΒΖ 1938 The Alabama State Univer- sity, the Beta Zeta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are charted in the cities of Little Rock (AR), Los Angeles (CA) and Springfield (IL). 1939
1943
ΒΜ The LeMoyne-Owen College Chapter, the Beta Mu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΒΚ The University of District of Columbia Chapter, the Beta Kappa of Kappa Alpha Psi is charterd. The Lane College Chap- ter, the Beta Lambda of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered., 1940-70 The Second Great Migra- tion takes place from the South with more than 5,000,000 Blacks leaving for other parts of the U.S. 1940 Billie Holiday performs "Strange Fruit." ΒΛ
Lt. Luther L. Blakeney (Alpha Lambda 1938) is said to be the first Kappa casualty of WWII when he was killed during a weather forecasting assignment. — The Birmingham (AL) Alumni Chapter of Kap- pa Alpha Psi is chartered. 1944 The Charlotte (NC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — In Smith v. Allwright, the Court rules that the Whites-only Democratic Party primary in Texas was unconstitutional. — The UNCF is incorporated. — Many Blacks were sys- tematically obstructed from benefitting from the G.I. Bill, particularly in the South, compounding generational educational and wealth gaps.
ΒΗ ΒΘ ΒΙ James E. Scott, Esq. becomes the 10 th Grand Polemarch and served from 1939-1941. — The University of Cincin- nati Chapter, the Beta Eta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of Colo- rado Chapter, the Beta Theta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Xavier University of Louisiana, the Beta Iota of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Charleston (WV) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Marion Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial
1942
Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are
ΒΝ Chapter, the Beta Nu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. Carl R. Johnson, Esq. becomes the 11 th Grand Polemarch and served from 1942-1944. — The St. Louis University
chartered in the cities of Jefferson City (MO) and Norfolk (VA). — In Chambers v. Florida , the U.S. Supreme Court frees three Black men who were coerced into confessing to a murder.
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