SUMMER 2019 ISSUE: 84 TH GRAND CHAPTER MEETING EDITION
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The Kappa Alpha Psi ® Journal Established 1914 First Editor Frank M. Summers, Esq. Past Permanent Editors Lionel F. Artis 1921–1937 G. James Fleming 1938–1950 William L. Crump 1950–1975 Earl S. Clanton 1975–1985 Jonathan P. Hicks 1985–1989 Van Jordan 1989–1990 Mel L. Davis 1990–1999 Keflyn X. Reed 1999–2010 Jonathan P. Hicks 2011–2014 Thomas L. Cunningham IV 2014–2015 Cleveland Ferguson III, Esq. 2016— Editor Art Director Cleveland Ferguson III, Esq. Jacksonville (FL) Alumni Chapter KappaJournal1914@gmail.com Deputy Editor for Features Clarence Tucker Norfolk (VA) Alumni Chapter ctuckermpt@gmail.com Deputy Editor for Photography Michael L. Hume Belleville-O'Fallon (IL) Alumni Chapter mlhphotography@hotmail.com Feature Writers Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III Stuart Doyle Quentin Mitchell Dr. Samuel Odom Aaron Williams Graphic Arts Contributor Justin L. Tyson Atmore (AL) Alumni Chapter justin.tyson38@gmail.com Grand Historian Kevin P. Scott Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter GrandHistorian1911@gmail.com Advertising Sales Director Sherman K. Kizart Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter
Inside: 84 th Grand Chapter Meeting Local Chairman Samuel J. Patterson, Northeastern Province Polemarch Craig C. Chisholm and Philadelphia (PA) Alumni Chapter Polemarch L. Douglas Harrell welcome you. 22
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Grand Polemarch’s Message
7 Commentary 12 Welcome to Philadelphia! 22 Cover Story 33 Kappa News: 84 th Grand Chapter Meeting Awards 58 Council of Province Polemarchs on Kappa’s Six-Point Plan 116 Alumni News 128 Guide Right & Kappa Kamp 142 Chapter News 154 A Look Back: Kappa History 160 The Gallery 176 To the Chapter Invisible 214 The Kappa Alpha Psi ® Directory
98 th North Central Province Council: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. celebrates the Centennial of the Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter. 144
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Of Presidents and Chancellors: Kappa Alpha Psi enjoys the presidencies of several HBCUs. 36
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33 The Honorable Willie F. Brooks leads this Conclave's class of Elder Watson Diggs Awardees. 34 Junior Grand Vice Polemarch Cross: Among this year’s Guy Levis Grant Awardees.
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Executive Leadership Training & Succession Planning: Grand Polemarch Battles and the 2019-20 JVP-Florida of the Southern Province Guzman. 78
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