University in Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Kappa Alpha Psi
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 2022
1. Kappa Alpha Psi Marker
Inscription.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated was chartered and incorporated on the campus of Indiana University on January 5, 1911 with the sole purpose of achievement in every field of human endeavor. This was accomplished by the illustrious Elder Watson Diggs, John Milton Lee, Byron Kenneth Armstrong, Guy Levis Grant, Ezra Dee Alexander, Henry T. Asher, Marcus Peter Blakemore, Edward Giles Irvin, Paul Waymond Cain, and George Wesley Edmonds. The Alpha Omicron chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi was founded in 1933 at the Louisville Municipal College for Negroes by James T. Cooper, Lewis Haddox, Lewis McClaskey and Alfred C. Stone. In 1955, the chapter was moved to the University of Louisville where it has maintained a progressive continuum.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,
Incorporated was chartered and
incorporated on the campus of
Indiana University on January 5, 1911
with the sole purpose of achievement
in every field of human endeavor. This
was accomplished by the illustrious
Elder Watson Diggs, John Milton Lee,
Byron Kenneth Armstrong, Guy Levis
Grant, Ezra Dee Alexander, Henry T.
Asher, Marcus Peter Blakemore,
Edward Giles Irvin, Paul Waymond
Cain, and George Wesley Edmonds.
The Alpha Omicron chapter of Kappa
Alpha Psi was founded in 1933 at the
Louisville Municipal College for
Negroes by James T. Cooper, Lewis
Haddox, Lewis McClaskey and Alfred
C. Stone. In 1955, the chapter was
moved to the University of Louisville
where it has maintained a progressive
continuum.
Location. 38° 12.97′ N, 85° 45.418′ W. Marker is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. It is in University. It is on South Brook Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in the plaza between the Belknap Academic Building and the Student Activities Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2211 S Brook St, Louisville KY 40208, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 2022
2. Kappa Alpha Psi Marker
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 2022
3. Kappa Alpha Psi Marker
Featured marker is fourth from left.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 443 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on August 9, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
