

For this and other outstanding contributions to the Fraternity, he was awarded the Fraternitys first Laurel Wreath in December, 1924.
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The Kappa League is a series of activities designed to help young high school male students develop their leadership talents. 95% of the founders of the Great 8 are Prince Hall Masons or Eastern stars. He was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Indianapolis. , In 2006, the chapter at Florida A&M University was suspended after two members were sentenced to serve two years in prison and three others given three years of probation due to an anti-hazing law established in Florida following a hazing death involving the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Miami in 2001. Except for the years of World War I and II, when some Grand Chapter Meetings were suspended, Kappa Alpha Psi has grown and prevailed with unabating impetus. Since the fraternity's founding on Januat Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin.The fraternity has over 150,000 members with 721 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the. Their intolerance toward Blacks fueled the negative mindset of other Whites residing there. David was first Grand Polemarch who had not been nurtured by the Alpha chapter under the influence of the Founders, proposed dividing the Fraternity into supervisory districts. The ideals of the church were an important foundation of the Fraternity. , In 2018, it was reported that the chapter at Edward Waters College was beating and paddling pledges as well as forcing them to take a designer drug called "jig," a mixture of synthetic heroin, cocaine and LSD. The fraternity is the oldest predominantly African American Greek-letter society founded west of the Appalachian Mountains still in existence, and is known for its "cane stepping" in NPHC organized step shows. Diggs and his brother (William Ellis) and sister (Effie) were reared by their mother, Cornelia. They found that through these close interactions, they had common interests and a close bond began to emerge. He proposed forming a separate 501(c)(3) charitable foundation to accept contributions to finance the headquarter's renovation project. However, few Blacks could remain longer than a year or so without having to withdraw in search of employment. Members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. , Also in 2010, the fraternity chapter was permanently banned from the campus of Georgia State University for being a repeat offender and beating a student pledging so badly that he coughed up blood. He served on the Selective Service Board during WWII and the Korean War.
