TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
1995
1996
The Furman University Chapter, the Xi Omega Chapter is Charted. — The Samford University Chapter, the Omicron Alpha of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΟΑ Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Woodbridge (VA), Danville (VA) Houma-Thibodaux (LA), and DeKalb (IL). — James Byrd, Jr. is mur- dered by White suprema- cists in Jasper Texas. — Historian John Hope Franklin is appointed by President Clinton to head the President’s Commis- sion on Race. ΞΩ
ΞΤ ΞΥ The Wright State Uni- versity Chapter, the Xi Tau of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of Mon- tevallo Chapter, the Xi Upsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Franklin- Southampton (VA), Hend- sonville (TN), Bossier City (LA), Lancaster- Palmdale (CA) and St. Thomas, USVI. — In Miller v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court holds that gerrymandering based on race is unconsti- tutional. — The Million Man March brought a spotlight to urban and minority issues and Black men in particular.
Ernest Brown becomes the 7 th Executive Director of Kappa Alpha Psi and served from 1997-1998. — Harvey Johnson, Jr. is the first African American mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. — Lee Patrick Brown is the first African American elected mayor of Houston. — African American men exploited through the Tuskegee Syphilis Study receive a formal apology by President Bill Clinton. 1998
ΞΦ ΞΨ ΞΩ The University of the Vir- gin Islands Chapter, the Xi Psi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Furman University Chapter, the Xi Omega of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Fayetteville (AR) and Rayville (LA). — Affirmative Action is abol- ished in California. — Ronald R. Young becomes the 28 th Grand Polemarch and served from 1995-1999. — The University at Nevada at Reno Chapter, the Xi Phi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Tiger Woods becomes the first African American and youngest golfer to win the Masters. 1997 Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Denton-Lewis- ville (TX), Gaffney (SC) and Richmond-Perrine (FL).
1999
Howard L. Tutman becomes the 29 th Grand Polemarch and served from 1999-2003. — The Armstrong State University Chapter, the Omicron Beta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΟΓ ΟΒ The Florida Atlantic University Chapter, the Omicron Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered.
Richard Lee Snow be- comes the 8 th Executive Director of Kappa Alpha Psi and served from 1998- 2011. — The University of the Vir- gin Islands Chapter, the Xi Psi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΞΨ
Bernard A. Harris Jr. (Eta Lambda 1975) becomes the first African American to walk in space.
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