TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY
ΡΑ ΡΒ The New Jersey City Uni- versity Chapter the Rho Alpha of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The California State University, Monteray Bay Chapter, the Rho Beta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi are char- tered in the cities of Wake Forest-Rolesville (NC) and Conyers-Covington (GA) are chartered. — The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the Na- tional Mall is unveiled. — Steele loses his bid for re-election.
ΡΕ ΡΖ ΡΗ The Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Chapter, the Rho Epsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Methodist University Chapter the Rho Zeta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Lincoln University of Missouri Chapter, the Rho Eta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The police shooting of Kimani Gray triggers Ρ∆ The Chowan University Chapter, the Rho Delta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The murder of Trayvon Martin grips the U.S. — President Obama wins a second term. 2013
ΡΘ 2014 The Radford University Chapter, the Rho Theta of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — Michael Brown is shot in Ferguson, Missouri. — Eric Garner is killed in Staten Island, New York by a chokehold by a police officer. — Akai Gurley is shot by a police officer in a stairwell in Brooklyn, New York. — Tamir Rice, 12, is killed by a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio. 2015 Thomas L. Battles, Jr. becomes the 33 rd Grand Polemarch and served from 2015-2019. — On April 2, Eric Harris is shot in the back by a po- lice officer in Tulsa, OK. — On April 4, Walter Scott was shot and killed from behind in North Charles- ton, South Carolina by a police officer. The video contradicted the officer's statement. The officer
ΠΦ ΠΨ 2010 The Nova Southeastern University Chapter, the Pi Phi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg Chapter, the Pi Psi of Kappa Alpha Psi is char- tered. — ΠΩ The University of Wiscon- sin-Whitewater Chapter, the Pi Omega of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Fair Sentencing Act reduces sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine to an 18:1 ratio. 2011
weeks of protests in Brooklyn, New York. —
ΡΓ 2012 The University of Bridge- port Chapter, the Rho Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. Alvin Brown (Delta Psi 1982) becomes the first African American elected Mayor of the consolidated city of Jacksonville, FL the largest city by land- mass in the continental U.S.
In Shelby County v. Holder , the U.S. Supreme Court invalidates a portion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Trayvon Martin's killer is acquitted. — The Black Lives Matter movement is organized, advocating nonviolent civil disobedience in protest of police brutality against African Americans.
William "Randy" Bates, Jr., Esq. becomes the 32 nd Grand Polemarch and served from 2011-2015.
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