Founded in 1911 at Indiana University, when African American students were excluded from most campus organizations and housing, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. emerged as a powerful force for academic excellence, mutual support and racial justice. Its founding was an act of resistance—created in a time of deep racial segregation, when systemic barriers sought to prevent Black students from achieving and connecting.
Today, with more than 600 chapters and 75,000 members worldwide, Kappa Alpha Psi continues its mission of achievement in every field of human endeavor. Its members have overcome generations of discrimination, limited access to education and institutional racism to become trailblazers in law, medicine, civil rights, politics, business, sports and the arts.
The fraternity’s legacy includes notable figures such as civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy, attorney Johnnie Cochran, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and NBA legend Bill Russell. Each embodies the fraternity’s core values: leadership, service, scholarship and brotherhood.
This book donation event coincides with Father’s Day as a tribute to Black fathers, mentors and community leaders who guide and uplift the next generation. The Gaithersburg-Rockville Alumni Chapter mentors more than 30 Montgomery County students annually, instilling principles of achievement, responsibility and civic engagement.
To view the book donation event, visit the County’s YouTube channel.
