TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
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. — The National League of Women Voters elects its first African Ameri- can president, Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins.
ΟΑ The Samford University Chapter, the Omicron Alpha of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Danville (VA) Alumni Chapter is chartered. — Prize in Music. It is the first jazz composition to receive the honor. — African American men exploited through the Tuskegee Syphilis Study receive a formal apology by President Bill Clinton. 1998 lawmakers through Propo- sition 209. — When Tiger Woods wins the Masters Tourna- ment in Augusta, GA, he becomes the first African American and youngest golfer to win the title. 1997 Harvey Johnson, Jr. is the first AfricanAmerican mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. — The Million Woman March is held in Philadelphia. — Lee Patrick Brown is the first African American elected mayor of Hou- ston. — Wynton Marsalis’ jazz composition “Blood on the Fields” wins a Pulitzer
ΞΣ 1994 The Baylor University Chapter, the Xi Sigma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. 1995 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. 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. — The Franklin-Southamp- ton (VA) Alumni Chapter is chartered. — 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.
Bernard A. Harris Jr. (Eta Lambda 1975) becomes the first African American to walk in space.
1996
1999
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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. — The Fayetteville (AR) Alumni Chapter is char- tered. — Affirmative Action is abolished by 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. —
ΟΓ Ο∆ ΟΒ 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. — The Florida Atlantic Uni- versity Chapter, the Omi- cron Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Jacksonville Univer- sity Chapter, the Omicron Delta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Christian Broth- ers University Chapter,
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