Monday, January 20, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Congratulations Brother Colin Kaepernick!!!
@kapsi1911: Congratulations to Brother Colin @Kaepernick7 on leading the @49ers to the NFC Championship Game #Achievement #NFLPlayoffs
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Friday, January 3, 2014
Happy Birthday Founder Marcus Peter Blakemore!!!
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| Dr. Marcus Peter Blakemore January 3, 1889 - October 9, 1959 |
Blakemore moved with his family to Anderson, Indiana where he attended public schools and graduated from high school in 1909. He entered Indiana University the following year. After leaving Indiana University, he organized the Electric Engineering Company, which he operated until he enlisted with the U.S. Army in World War I. He later entered the Dental School of the University of Pittsburgh, from which he graduated with the DDS degree in 1923. In 1949, Blakemore became the first Black to receive the MS degree in Prosthetic Dentistry from the University of Pittsburgh Dental School.
Blakemore was a member of national and local Dental Societies and a staunch member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, having served as a trustee and a clarinet soloist.
He was one of the two Founders who pawned his watch to help raise the Fraternity’s incorporation fee. Founder Blakemore was one of the first three freshmen initiates of Kappa Alpha Nu. He wired the first Fraternity house for electricity, the first Negro home ever wired for electricity in Bloomington. He was a charter member of the Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter and was instrumental in the establishment of the Beta Epsilon Chapter.
Founder Blakemore maintained his practice of dentistry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for 35 years until his death, October 9, 1959.
METRO FOUNDERS DAY CEREMONY AND CHICAGO (IL) ALUMNI CHAPTER LOVING CUP CEREMONY
January 5, 2014
Brothers,
Here is the information for the Metro Founders Day Ceremony at Founder Irvin's grave site
and for the Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter Loving Cup Ceremony. We look forward to seeing
all of you there to celebrate our continual and outstanding achievement in service of the Fraternity
as we pay our respects to the Founders who we uphold dear to our hearts. Without their efforts,
dreams, and sacrifices Kappa Alpha Psi would not be where it is today uniting college men of
culture, patriotism, and honor in a bond of fraternity and encouraging honorable achievement in
every field of human endeavor.
All Brothers are welcome to attend each ceremony.
Founders Day Ceremony at Founder Irvin's Grave Site
Time: 2:00 pm
4400 W. 127th Street
Alsip, IL 60803
(773) 233-5676
Please contact Brother Glenn Harris for questions and/or additional information at:
(708) 258-1792 or by email at: glennharris323@yahoo.com
Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter Loving Cup Ceremony
Time: 3:00 pm
2221 S. State Street
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 225-5465
Please contact Brother Yaw Ofosu for questions and/or additional information at:
(773) 575-1330 or by email at: svp@chicagoalumni1919.org
Yours in the Bond,
Brother Eric J. Lindsay
Polemarch, Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter
The Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter, the FIRST alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc.
Chartered April 17, 1919
"The First, Foremost, The Standard"
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Monday, December 23, 2013
Happy Birthday Founder Elder Watson Diggs!!!
Elder Watson Diggs, affectionately known as “the Dreamer”, was quiet, polished, scholarly, and a prolific writer. He was born in Madisonville, Christian County, Kentucky, on December 23, 1883, and was the eldest son of Henry and Cornelia Diggs, he had one brother, and one sister. Diggs’ cousin, Lucy Diggs Slowe, was a Founding member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
He received a one-room school education in Louisville, Kentucky, where he helped teach the younger children. Following graduation from Indiana State Normal School in the spring of 1908, Diggs enrolled at Howard University in 1909. While a student there, he developed a friendship with fellow Hoosier, Byron K. Armstrong.
During the summer of that year, Byron Armstrong visited his cousin, Irven Armstrong at Indiana University. Bryon was so impressed that he persuaded Diggs to enroll with him in the fall. Diggs enrolled at Indiana University in the fall of 1910 and was the first African-American to graduate with an A.B. degree from Indiana University’s School of Education. He subsequently earned his Master’s degree of Education from Howard University.
Founder Diggs was an educator who held positions at public schools throughout Indiana. Following his death, School #42 was named in his honor where he served as principal for 26 years.
When the U.S. made it’s declaration in World War I against Germany, Diggs resigned as principal and entered the nation's first officer's training camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa and was commissioned a lieutenant. After serving in Europe with the 368th Infantry, he became a captain in the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Diggs also was a past commander of the American Legion. Subsequent to the war, Diggs was instrumental in having the Indiana constitution amended to permit Negro enlistment in the Indiana National Guard.
Based on the hostile attitude and circumstances facing Blacks at Indiana University, Diggs decided to establish a fraternity on campus to give African-Americans support and sanctuary based on high Christian ideals and the purpose of achievement. Diggs assisted Byron & Irven Armstrong in designing the Coat of Arms, assumed responsibility for preparing the initiation ceremonial forms, completed the fraternity’s constitution and took a course in Greek heraldry and mythology to ensure the fraternity was rooted in authenticity.
Founder Diggs wrote the lyrics to the Kappa Hymn. Additionally, he established the Kappa Alpha Nu Journal, the first periodical of any national Black college fraternity. He served as Grand Polemarch for the first six years of the fraternity’s existence. He also served as a Grand Board Member and as Grand Historian. He also established the first nine chapters in addition to the Indianapolis (IN) Alumni Chapter. Diggs was awarded the first Past Grand Polemarch’s medal and the first Laurel Wreath. He also assisted in writing The 1928 Handbook of Kappa Alpha Psi.
The Elder Watson Diggs Award, the second highest award available to celebrate a member’s achievements or service to the fraternity is dedicated in his name. Founder Diggs died November 8, 1947.
Kevin Scott
Grand Historian
Friday, December 20, 2013
Diamond Life Productions Presents: Krimson 2014 NYE BASH
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