Kappa
Alpha Psi was founded
on the campus of Indiana University on January 5, 1911.
The Fraternity's fundamental purpose is achievement.
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 Fraternity, which remains the only
Greek letter organization with its 1st Chapter on the
University's campus.
The founders sought
a formula that would immediately raise the sights of
black collegians and stimulate them to accomplishments
higher than they might have imagined.
Fashioning achievement
as it's purpose, Kappa Alpha Psi began uniting college
men of culture, patriotism and honor in a bond of fraternity.
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