The Story of Kappa Alpha Psi is Integral to the US

TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY

Ζ∆ ΖΕ ΖΖ Chapter, the Zeta Delta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of South Carolina Chapter, the Zeta Epsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Mississippi Valley State University Chapter, the Zeta Zeta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of San Jose (CA) Champaign-Urbana (IL), Evansville (IL) and Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti-Inkster (MI). — Essence magazine and Black Enterprise publish their first issues. — Angela Davis is put on the FBI's Most Wanted List. 1971 The California University of Pennsylvania Chapter, the Zeta Eta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΖΗ ΖΘ ΖΙ ΖΚ The Oklahoma State Uni- versity-Stillwater Chapter, the Zeta Theta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of Georgia Chapter, the Zeta Iota of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of Tennessee at Martin Chapter, the Zeta Kappa of Kappa Alpha Psi

ΖΛ ΖΜ ΖΝ ΖΞ is chartered. — The Morehead State Uni- versity Chapter, the Zeta Lambda of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Western Illinois Uni- versity Chapter, the Zeta Mu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Bowling Green State University Chapter, the Zeta Nu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Jarvis Christian Col- lege Chapter, the Zeta Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Wichita Falls (TX), Aberdeen (MD), Lubbock (TX) and Albany (NY). — In Swann v. Charlotte- Mecklenburg Board of Education , the U.S. Supreme Court upholds desegregation busing of students to achieve integration. — The Democratic Select Committee is renamed the Congressional Black Caucus. The 13 found- ing members were: Rep. Shirley A. Chisholm; Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (Gamma Eta 1951); Rep. William L. Clay, Sr.; Rep. Louis Stokes (Alpha Omega 1948); Del. Walter E. Fauntroy (Alpha Gamma

ΕΡ ΕΣ ΕΤ ΕΥ ΕΦ 1969 The Western Kentucky University Chapter, the Epsilon Rho of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Bowie State Univer- sity Chapter, the Epsilon Sigma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Ferris State Univer- sity Chapter, the Epsilon Tau of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Northern Arizona University Chapter, the Epsilon Upsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The McNeese State University Chapter, the Epsilon Phi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Atmore (AL), Burlington-Camden (NJ) and Fredericksburg (VA). — Significant demand for Black Studies programs is documented across the Academy. Several institu- tions of higher learning develop programs. — The forerunner to the Congressional Black Cau- cus is formed. —

1970

ΕΧ ΕΨ ΕΩ ΖΑ ΖΒ ΖΓ Dr. William T. Carter becomes the 20 th Grand Polemarch and serves from 1970-1973. — The West Virginia Univer- sity Chapter, the Epsilon Chi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Paine College Chapter, the Epsilon Psi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Voorhees College Chapter, the Epsilon Omega of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Indiana University- Northwest Chapter, the Zeta Alpha of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Prairie View A&M University Chapter, the Zeta Beta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Coppin State Uni- versity Chapter, the Zeta Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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