TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
1945
ΒΣ The Delaware State Uni- versity Chapter, the Beta Sigma* of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Philander Smith College, the Beta Tau of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Texas Southern Uni- versity Chapter, the Beta Upsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Knoxville College Chapter, the Beta Phi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Hampton University ΒΥ ΒΤ ΒΦ ΒΧ ΒΨ ΒΩ ΓΑ Chapter, the Beta Chi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Kansas State Uni- versity Chapter, the Beta Psi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of South- ern California Chapter, the Beta Omega Chapter is chartered. — The University of Califor- nia-Berkeley Chapter, the Gamma Alpha of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Wilminton (DE), Columbia (SC), Orlando (FL), Pensa- cola (FL), Flint (MI), Cheraw (SC), Phoenix (AZ), Berkeley (CA), Fort
Worth (TX), Newark (NJ) and Columbus (GA).
ΒΟ ΒΠ 1946 The University of Wis- consin Chapter, the Beta Omicron of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Youngstown State University, the Beta Pi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Muskogee (OK), Chattanooga (TN), Tallahassee (FL), Knox- ville (TN), Miami (FL), Greensboro (NC) and Dayton (OH). — In Morgan v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidates Virginia Code provisions on segregation in interstate bus transport to the extent of federal jurisdiction.
Augustus Parker, Esq. becomes the 12 th Grand Polemarch and served from 1945-1947. — Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Buffalo (NY), Richmond (VA), Charleston (SC), Greensboro, (NC), Gary (IN), Hampton-Newport News (VA) and Norfolk (WV). — The "Freeman Field Mu- tiny" occurs at the U.S. Army Air Force Base in Seymour, IN. 162 Black officers are arrested for attempting to integrate the officers club.
ΓΒ ΓΖ ΓΕ Γ∆ ΓΓ ΓΗ Jackie Robinson signs with the Brooklyn Dodg- ers, integrating Major League Baseball. 1948 The Western Michigan University Chapter, the Gamma Beta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Talladega College Chapter, the Gamma Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. The Livingstone College Chapter, the Gamma Delta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Tuskegee University Chapter, the Gamma Ep- silon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Fort Valley State University Chapter, the Gamma Zeta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of Wash- ington Chapter, the Gamma Eta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. —
1947
ΒΡ The Allen University Chapter, the Beta Rho of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — J. Ernest Wilkins Esq. becomes the 13 th Grand Polemarch and served from 1947-1950.
John Fox (Delta 1937) posthumously receives the medial of honor in 1997 for heroic acts in northern Italy. More than 1 million Blacks serve in WWII before it ends in September.
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