TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
ΓΙ The Arizona State Univer- sity Chapter, the Gamma Iota of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Clark Atlanta Univer- sity Chapter, the Gamma Kappa of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΓΚ The Bethune Cookman University Chapter, the Gamma Theta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΓΘ ΓΗ The University of Wash- ington Chapter, the Gamma Eta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The United Nations bans slavery globally with the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wilmington (NC), Ra- leigh (NC), Orangeburg (SC), Milwaukee (WI), Tyler (TX), and Shreveport (LA). — Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of
ΓΤ The Kent State Univer- sity Chapter, the Gamma Tau of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi were chartered in the cities of Austin (TX), Daytona Beach (FL), Rocky Mount ΓΣ The University of Arkan- sas at Pine Bluff Chapter, the Gamma Sigma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΓΥ The Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Chapter, the Gamma Upsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Alabama A&M University Chapter, the Gamma Phi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Savannah State (NC), Trenton (NJ) Brooklyn-Long Island (NY), Montgomery (AL) and Jackson (TN). 1950 ΓΩ sity Chapter, the Gamma Omega of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. University Chapter, the Gamma Chi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Grambling State University Chapter, the Gamma Psi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Cheyney Univer- ΓΨ ΓΧ ΓΦ
∆Α The Portland State Uni- versity Chapter, the Delta Alpha of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Albany (GA), Hartford (CT), Des Moines (IA), San Diego (CA), Fort Val- ley (GA), Winston-Salem (NC), Mobile (AL), Bos- ton (MA), Roanoke (VA), Spartanburg (SC), Omaha (NE), and Galveston (TX). — In McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents , the U.S. Supreme Court rules that public institutions of higher learning cannot treat students differently because of race. — In Sweatt v. Painter, the Court rules that a seper- ate-but-equal Texas Law School did not comply with the standard. — In Henderson v. U.S. , the Court holds segregation in railroad dining cars unconstitutional. — George Taliaferro (Alpha 1948) becomes the first Black drafted by the NFL.
ΓΛ ΓΜ ΓΞ ΓΝ The Huston-Tillotson University Chapter, the Gamma Lambda of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Benedict College Chapter, the Gamma Mu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Claflin College Chapter, the Gamma Nu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of Mar- yland-Eastern Shore, the Gamma Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Saint Augustine's College Chapter, the Gamma Omicron of Kap- pa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΓΡ ΓΠ ΓΟ The Alcorn State Univer- sity Chapter, the Gamma Pi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Tougaloo College Chapter, the Gamma Rho of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. rules that Oklahoma and the Univ. of Oklahoma Law School cannot deny admission based on color/ race. — In Shelley v. Kramer the U.S. Supreme Court holds that the government cannot enforce racially restrictive covenants. 1949
President Truman issues EO 9981 ordering the end of racial discrimination in the Armed Forces. — In Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla., the U.S. Supreme Court
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