TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
ΞΗ ΞΘ ΞΙ 1992 The Mansfield Univer- sity Chapter, the Xi Eta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The College of William and Mary Chapter, the Xi Theta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Saginaw Valley State University Chapter, the Xi Iota of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of Akron Chapter, the Xi Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΞΞ ΞΛ ΞΜ ΞΝ The University of North Florida Chapter, the Xi Lambda of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Wesley College Chapter, the Xi Mu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Tennessee Techno- logical University Chap- ter, the Xi Nu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Winter Park (FL) Alumni Chapter is chartered. Willie W. Herenton becomes the first Afri- can American Mayor of Memphis. — The police officers tried for the beating of Rodney King are acquitted, lead-
ΞΓ ΞΖ ΞΕ The Rowan University Chapter, the Xi Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of Roch- ester Chapter, the Xi Epsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The New York Institute of Technology Chapter, the Xi Zeta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Natchitoches (LA), Victorville (CA) and Greenwood (SC)*. — White police officers are videotaped beating Rod- ney King in Los Angeles. — The U.S. Senate confirms Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. — The Civil Rights Act of 1991 is enacted. — Emanuel Clever II is the first Black elected Mayor of Kansas City. — Wellington Webb (Denver (CO) AL 1981) is elected Mayor of Denver, CO.
ing to three days of riots, with more than 50 people dead.
Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Brunswick (GA) and Evergreen Park (IL). — Freeman R. Bosley Jr., is elected the first African American mayor of St. Louis. — Jocelyn M. Elders is the first woman and first African American to be appointed as the U.S. Surgeon General. — Toni Morrison becomes the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature. ΞΣ 1994 The Baylor University Chapter, the Xi Sigma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Richardson- Plano (TX), Longview-Kil- gore (TX) and Anderson (SC).
Mae Carol Jemison becomes the first African American woman travel to space. —
ΞΡ ΞΠ The Long Island Univer- sity CW Post Campus Chapter, the Xi Omicron of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Newberry College Chapter, the Xi Pi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΞΟ Carol Moseley Braun, representing the state of Illinois, is the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate. 1993 The DePauw University Chapter, the Xi Rho of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. —
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