The Kappa Alpha Psi Journal

TIMELINE: ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY

ΡΟ ΡΞ Chapter, the Rho Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Xavier University Chapter, the Rho Omi- cron of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — In March, Stephon Clark is killed by two police of- ficers while in the back- yard of his grandmother's house with a phone in his hand in Sacramento, CA. — In September, Botham Jean is killed when a police officer enters his apartment and shoots him. The officer alleged she believed it was her apartment and was even- tually sentenced to 10 years.

ΡΚ and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., the U.S. Su- preme Court toughened the standards for claims made under the Fair Housing Act. 2016 The University of New Mexico Chapter, the Rho Kappa of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Newman-Fairburn (GA) Alumni Chapter is chartered. — On July 13, Sandra Bland dies in jail after being pulled over for a traffic stop in Texas. — In Texas Dept. of Housing was sentenced to 20 years in 2017. — On April 12, Freddie Gray sustains injuries to his spinal cord while in the custody of the police in Baltimore, lapses into a coma and dies. Protests follow. — On June 17, Nine African Americans are killed in the Charleston Church Shooting at Emanuel Afri- can Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. On July 5, Alton Sterling was shot by police offic- ers in Baton Rouge, LA, while selling CDs. The

shooting was recorded. Protests ensued. — On July 6, Philando Cas- tille, was killed a by police in Minnesota during a traffic stop. Live stream- ing brought national no- toriety to his death. The officer was acquitted and the city of Saint Anthony paid a multimillion dollar wrongful death settlement. — On September 16, Ter- ence Crutcher, who was unarmed, was killed by a police officer in Tulsa, OK during a traffic stop. Protests follow.

ΡΝ ΡΜ ΡΛ 2018 The University of the Ba- hamas Chapter, the Rho Mu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Rutgers-Camden Chapter, the Rho Nu of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Rider University into them. In 2019, the assailant receives two life sentences, plus 419 years. — The Gallop records 72% of respondents are dis- satisfied with the state of race relations in the U.S.—the highest level since it began polling. The Virginia University of Lynchburg Chapter, the Rho Lambda of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — at some point--the way it reconsidered Muham- mad Ali years after he refused to go to Vietnam, the way it reconsidered Jackie Robinson and Jack Johnson. Progress comes in fits and starts, and this country tends to punish those who urge it to move faster. The reconsideration of Kaepernick has begun." 2017 29 Counter-protestors of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, VA are injured and one dies when a car rams

2019

From the San Francisco 49ers' third preseason game in the NFL Colin R. Kaepernick (Xi Phi 2010), kneels during the U.S. na- tional anthem prior to the game as a protest against police brutality, racial injustice and systematic oppression. Michael Rosenberg's piece published in June 2020, "What do you think of Colin Kaeper- nick Now?" in Sports Illustrated, "Mainstream white America is going to reconsider Kaepernick

ΡΡ ΡΠ The Sam Houston State University Chapter, the Rho Pi of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. — The Cumberland Uni- versity Chapter, the Rho Rho of Kappa Alpha Psi is chartered. Reuben A. Shelton, III Esq. becomes the 34 th Grand Polemarch. —

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