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The Kappa League was founded on February 12, 1970, by the Los Angeles (CA) Alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi; under the direction of Leon W Steward. Steward brought the idea to Los Angeles from Dayton, Ohio, where he had worked closely with Jay Crosby to expand the Guide Right activities of Dayton (OH) Alumni chapter .
The campus of Indiana University at that time did not encourage the assimilation of Blacks. Kappa Alpha Psi is the second oldest existing collegiate historically Black Greek letter organization and the first intercollegiate fraternity incorporated as a national body. [1]
The Delta Chapter was founded by Elder Watson Diggs in 1915. The Delta Chapter was the last Chapter chartered under the fraternity's original name, Kappa Alpha Nu, and the first chapter designated after the fraternity's name change to Kappa Alpha Psi. Delta was the first chapter established at an historically black university. Epsilon 1915
An asterisk (*) next to a charter date indicates that the chapter was re-chartered on that date. † The Alpha Phi chapter at Rutgers University had its charter revoked in 1972 and reorganized as Mu Upsilon Alpha, which in 2007 became a chapter of Mu Beta Psi .
Alpha Pi Chi: January 7, 1963 Chicago, Illinois: Service, community-based Independent Active [9] [42] [c] Swing Phi Swing: April 4, 1969: Winston-Salem State University: Social, collegiate Independent Active Kappa Psi Epsilon: September 24, 1982: Rutgers University–Newark: Social, collegiate Independent Active [6] Phi Alpha Psi: Spring 1992
Chapters of Alpha Kappa Psi are given names consisting of either one or two Greek letters. The names are issued in order according to the dates on which the chapters are chartered. Alpha is the name given to the founding chapter at New York University, followed by Beta at the University of Denver for the second chapter, then Gamma, and so on ...
The 116-year-old Black sorority has more than 360,000 members and focuses on leadership, scholarship, service, and excellence.
Charter date and range Founding Location City State or territory ... Alpha Psi: 1931 Tennessee State University: ... Kappa Alpha Omega: April 16, 1974: Itta Bena: