TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
representatives at the National Convention. — The "Mississippi Burn- ing" murders of three members of CORE, occur in Neshoba County. One perpetrator was charged in 2005 and sentenced to 60 years. The case was of- ficially closed in 2016. — The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed by Presi- dent Lyndon B. Johnson, banning discrimination in employment practices and public accommodations. — In December, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States.
ΕΜ ΕΛ The Ohio Univer- sity Chapter, the Epsilon Lambda of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Florida Memorial University Chapter, the Epsilon Mu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Southern University - New Orleans Chapter, the Epsilon Nu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — President Johnson signs Executive Order 11246 requiring Equal Employ- ment Opportunity by federal contractors. 1966 three days later advocat- ing for voting rights. — Three months later the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted. — One week later, in a show of frustration with mis- treatment by the police and discrimination in South Central Los Ange- les, the "Watts Rebellion" begins. Lasting five days, resulting in more than 30 deaths and $40 million in property damage, the California National Guard was called in. ΕΝ
Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are
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chartered in the cities of Pontiac (MI), Kingstree (SC), Rock Hill (SC), Chicago Heights (IL) and Annapolis (MD). — Burl A. Toler Sr.(Gamma Alpha 1950) becomes the first Black official in the NFL.
ΕΘ The Idaho State Univer- sity Chapter, The Epsilon Theta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Thomas L. Bradley, Esq. becomes the 18 th Grand Polemarch and served from 1964-1967. —
— Malcolm X is assassinated.
Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are
chartered in the cities of Natchez (MS) and Las Vegas (NV), as well as in the Federal Republic of Germany. — The Twenty-Fourth Amendment abolishes the poll tax in federal elections. — Fannie Lou Hamer founds the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and challenges seating an all-White delegation of Mississippi
"Bloody Sunday" was so named because state troopers and vigilan- tes beat and tear-gased marchers on the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama. This received wide media coverage. The second march attempt oc- curred two days later and was aborted. That night, civil rights activist James Reeb, was murdered. Two weeks later the third march was protected by federal command of 1,900 members of the Alabama National Guard. The marchers made it safely on the 54-mile journey to Montgomery, Alabama
ΕΚ ΕΙ The University of Evans- ville Chapter, the Epsilon Iota of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The California State University-Long Beach Chapter, the Epsilon Kappa of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. George "Big George" Wil- son (Beta Eta 1962) wins a gold medal in 1964 Sum- mer Olympics in Tokyo. 1965
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