TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are
ΕΞ ΕΟ ΕΠ 1968 . The Northern Michigan University Chapter, the Epsilon Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Northern Illinois University Chapter, the Epsilon Omicron of Kap- pa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The West Texas A&M University Chapter, the Epsilon Pi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Benton Harbor (MI) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Dr. King delivers his Thurgood Marshall is the first Black appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. — The 12 th Street Riot in Detroit, MI lasts 5 days and resulted in more than 43 dead and more than 2500 retail locations vandalized. — Earl A. Morris becomes the 3 rd Executive Secre- tary of Kappa Alpha Psi and served from 1967- 1982. "Moutaintop" speech in Memphis, Tennessee on April 3 rd .
Dr. King is assassinated the next day at the Lor- raine Hotel.
chartered in the cities of Smithfield (NC), Gretna (LA), Galena Park (TX)* and Prairie View (TX).
sworn in as the 51 st Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
Protests ensue in at least 150 cities in response. — Robert Kennedy is assassinated.
Jackson Campbell becomes the 2 nd Executive Secretary of Kappa Alpha Psi and served from 1966-1967. — The Black Panther Party is founded. — Edward Brooke is elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts, being the first Black since 1881. 1967
At the Summer Olympic Games, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists to symbolize Black power and unity after winning the gold and bronze medals, respec- tively. — In Powe v. Miles, the Court holds that portions of the private colleges that are funded by public money are subject to the Civil Rights Act. — Shirley Chisholm is the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress.
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Arthur Ashe (Upsilon 1963) wins the U.S. Open and goes on to be the first Black man to win the Australian Open (1970), Wimbledon (1975) and be ranked No. 1 in the world. — The Civil Rights Act is signed. Included within it is the Fair Housing Act, banning discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing. — The Poor People's Cam- paign marches on Wash- ington, D.C. — Carl B. Stokes, Esq. (Alpha Omega 1950) becomes the first Black elected mayor of a major U.S. city, when he was
Ernest H. Davenport becomes the 19 th Grand Polemarch and served from 1967-1970. — Alumni chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Riverside (CA) and Tuscon-Sierra Vista (AZ). — In Loving v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that prohibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional.
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