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History of Kappa Alpha Psi |
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Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded
on the campus of
Indiana University on January
5, 1911. Originally charted and incorporated Kappa Alpha Nu on April 15,
1911, the name was
officially changed to Kappa Alpha Psi on April 15, 1915.
The Fraternity is predominantly African-American whose fundamental purpose
is achievement.
Kappa Alpha Psi seeks to train its membership, particularly
undergraduates, for leadership roles in
their respective communities and the attainment of a high degree of
excellence in their academic
pursuits.
Early in this century, African-American students were actively dissuaded
from attending college.
Formidable obstacles were erected to prevent the few who were enrolled
from assimilating into
co-curricular campus life. This ostracism characterized Indiana University
in 1911, thus causing Elder
W. Diggs, Byron K. Armstrong, and eight other black students to form Kappa
Alpha Psi which
remains the only Greek letter organization with its Alpha Chapter (first
Chapter) on the University's
campus. The founders sought a formula that would immediately raise the
sights of black collegians
stimulating them to reach accomplishments higher than they had imagined.
With achievement as its
purpose, Kappa Alpha Psi began uniting college men of culture, patriotism
and honor in a bond of
fraternity. Subsequently, chapters spread in succession to the University
of Illinois, the University of
Iowa, and Wilberforce University campuses. By 1919, the Kappa Alpha Psi
experience had
generated serious interest among black college degree holders to form
Alumni Chapters.
As graduate chapters multiplied, the Fraternity began to expand its
programming, for example, "Guide
Right," its national social out-reach program was started three years
after the first Alumni Chapters
were formed. Today National Guide Right programs provide programming, role
models, and mentors
for at risk and other youth in communities throughout the country and
internationally.
Source: Kappa Alpha Psi weber.u.washington.edu
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