TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
ΕΓ The University of Central Oklahoma Chapter, the Epsilon Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Stillman College Chapter, the Epsilon Ep- silon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΕΕ ΕΖ The Norfolk State Univer- sity Chapter, the Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — ΕΗ The Truman State Uni- versity, the Epsilon Eta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kap- pa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Monroe (LA), Lakeland (FL) and Lawton-Fort Sill (OK). — More than 20,000 march to protest the jailing of civil rights leaders in Bir- mingham, AL. — Dr. King pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail. — The televising of the attacks on the three-day Birmingham Children's
— Birmingham Schools are integrated by the National Guard by order of the president. — The 16 th Street Baptist Church is bombed, killing four little girls in Birmingham. — Iota Phi Theta Fraternity was founded at Morgan State University. — Malcolm X delivers “Mes- sage to the Grass Roots” speech critiquing the March on Washington.
A day later double bomb- ing in Birmingham leads to mobilization of federal troops. — One month later, SNCC worker Fannie Lou Ham- er is among those beaten in Winona, Mississippi. — President Kennedy calls for civil rights for all and follows it up with a Civil Rights Bill. — NAACP Field Secretary, Medgar Evers, is assassi- nated in Jackson, Missis- sippi. The March on Washing- ton for Jobs and Freedom is held. Dr. King gives his “I Have a Dream” Speech.
ΕΒ Ε∆ 1962 The Fayetteville State University Chapter, the Epsilon Beta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Marshall Univer- sity Chapter, the Epsilon Delta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Athens (GA), Meridian (MS), El Paso- Las Cruces (TX) and St. Petersburg (FL). — President Kennedy issues Executive Order 11063 banning segregation in federally-funded housing. — The forces aligned with Jim Crow segregation are at an apex, resisting court orders, administrative enforcement of desegre- gation through violence and intimidation tactics of all manner. Civil rights organizations and supporters forge ahead. 1963
President Kennedy is as- sassinated in November.
Crusade becomes a power- ful call to eliminate the bar- barity of Jim Crow practices and en- forcement.
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