TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
2008
Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are chartered in the cities of Fort Washing- ton (MD), Richton Park (IL) and Cape Town-West- ern Cape South Africa. — The Alabama State Trooper involved in the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson on February 18, 1965 is indicted. — In Parents Involved in Com- munity Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education the Court prohibits assigning students to public schools for the purpose of achiev- ing racial integration. Racial balancing is not considered a compelling state interest. — In Kimbrough v. U.S . the Supreme Court holds that judges may deviate from federal sentencing guide- lines for crack cocaine.
ΠΒ ΠΓ Π∆ ΠΕ University, Fresno Chap- ter, the Pi Beta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Coastal Carolina University Chapter, Pi Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Louisiana Tech University Chapter, the Pi Delta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Tulane University Chapter, the Pi Epsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Grand Valley State University Chapter, the Pi Zeta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Hammond (LA) Alumni Chapter is ΠΗ ΠΘ ΠΙ University Chapter, the Pi Eta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The High Point Univer- sity Chapter, Pi Theta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Southern Polytechnic State University Chapter, Pi Iota of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. 2006 The California State chartered. 2007 The Delaware State
ΠΞ ΠΒ ΠΠ ΠΡ ΠΣ ΠΤ 2009 The Augusta State Uni- versity Chapter, the Pi Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of South Carolina Upstate Chapter, the Pi Omicron of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Northern Kentucky University Chapter, the Pi Pi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Stoney Brook Uni- versity Chapter, the Pi Rho of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Rutgers University- Newark Chapter, the Pi Sigma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Seton Hall Univer- sity Chapter, the Pi Tau of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Lagos, Nigeria Alumni Chapter is chartered. — President Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. — Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele becomes the first African American Chairman of the Republican National Com- mittee. —
ΠΚ ΠΛ ΠΜ ΠΝ College Chapter, the Pi Lambda of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Davidson College Chapter, the Pi Mu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The University of Mary- land Eastern Shore, the Pi Nu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Lawrenceville-Du- luth (GA) Alumni Chap- ter is chartered. — Barack H. Obama is elected the 44 th President of the United States. Dwayne M. Murray, Esq. becomes the 31 st Grand Polemarch and served from 2008-2011. — The Barry University Chap- ter, the Pi Kappa of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Arkansas Baptist
Adrian Fenty (Alpha Omega 1990) becomes the sixth Mayor of Wash- ington, D.C. In losing his bid for reelection at the Democratic primary level, he won the Republican primary as a write-in can- didate, but declined the nomination.
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