List of Kappa Alpha Psi members
The following is a list of notable members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. recognized as leaders in the arts, athletics, business, civil rights, education, government, and science.[1] Kappa Alpha Psi was founded on the campus of Indiana University in 1911 and has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin. The fraternity has over 105,000 members with 700 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the United States, and international chapters in the United Kingdom, Germany, Korea, Japan, the Caribbean, Saint Thomas, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and South Africa.[1]
Academics
Arts and entertainment
Template:Frat/start
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Thomas Miles
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Nu Alpha
(Charter Member)
Initiated through Beta Upsilon
| class="note" | Actor, Writer,Comedian, Radio Personality better known as "Nephew Tommy" on the number one syndicated rated radio show, The Steve Harvey Morning Show.
| style="text-align:center;" |
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Finesse Mitchell
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Iota Chi
| class="note" | Comedian, Actor, Writer, MC
| style="text-align:center;" |
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Jerome "Scottie" Miller, III
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Stone Mtn/Lithonia (GA) Alumni
| class="note" | Owner-MAXX Interior Design, LLC, Interior Architect/Designer- HGTV's Design Star, Contributing Writer/Photographer -Urban Influence Magazine, "Best Of Charlotte-Interior Design" Uptown Magazine
| style="text-align:center;" |
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Naledge
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Delta Eta
| class="note" | Hip-Hop Artist
| style="text-align:center;" |
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Smokie Norful
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Gamma Sigma
| class="note" | Gospel musician
| style="text-align:center;" | [2]
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Kevin A. Ross
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Los Angeles (CA) Alumni Chapter
| class="note" | Host/producer of daytime syndicated legal show America's Court with Judge Ross
| style="text-align:center;" |
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Marvin Sapp
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Grand Rapids (MI) Alumni
| class="note" | Gospel Musician
| style="text-align:center;" | [2]
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | John Singleton
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Beta Omega
| class="note" | Director, best known for Boyz n the Hood and Rosewood
| style="text-align:center;" | [3]
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Tavis Smiley
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Alpha
| class="note" | talk show host, political commentator; author
| style="text-align:center;" | [4][5]
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | William Grant Still
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Delta
| class="note" | Classical composer, first African-American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra
| style="text-align:center;" | [6]
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Billy Taylor
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Alpha Phi
| class="note" | Jazz musician
| style="text-align:center;" | [7]
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Ernest Lee Thomas
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Alpha Zeta
| class="note" | Actor, best known as Roger "Raj" Thomas of What's Happening and What's Happening Now!!
| style="text-align:center;" | [3]
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Ralph Wiley
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Beta Phi
| class="note" | Sports writer and author
| style="text-align:center;" |
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Lee Thompson Young
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Beta Omega
| class="note" | Actor, best known on the Disney channel's "The Famous Jett Jackson"
| style="text-align:center;" |
|name=Roderick Pannell
|chapter=Iota Epsilon / Jersey City Alumni
|nota=Actor, best known as the lead actor on Showtime original movie "Our America", a true story, where he ironically portrayed LeAlan Jones, another member of Kappa Alpha Psi
|ref=}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" | Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Indiana University Bloomington/Alpha
| class="note" | Singer-songwriter, musician
| style="text-align:center;" | [8]
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"
| class="fn" |
| style="text-align:center;" class="org" |
| class="note" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
Business
Template:FratMemberStart Template:FratMember Template:FratMember Template:FratMember Template:FratMember Template:FratMember Template:FratMember Template:FratMember Template:FratMember Template:FratMemberEnd
Government and politics
Law
Template:FratMemberStart |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | A. A. Birch, Jr. | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Epsilon | class="note" | First African-American to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court | style="text-align:center;" | [2] |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | Johnnie Cochran | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Upsilon | class="note" | defense attorney, best known for his role in the legal defense during the O. J. Simpson murder case | style="text-align:center;" | [3] |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | Earl B. Dickerson | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Beta | class="note" | a prominent African American attorney, community activist and business executive who successfully argued before the U. S. Supreme Court in Hansberry v. Lee | style="text-align:center;" | |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | Robert Morton Duncan | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Zeta | class="note" | First African-American to serve as a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | style="text-align:center;" | |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | George Edward Chalmer Hayes | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Lambda Xi | class="note" | civil rights attorney | style="text-align:center;" | [2] |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | Wade Henderson | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Washington (D C) Alumni | class="note" | attorney and President/CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights | style="text-align:center;" | |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | Donald L. Hollowell | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Beta Lambda | class="note" | civil rights attorney, attorney for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | style="text-align:center;" | [9] |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | Wade H. McCree | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Alpha Delta | class="note" | Wade H. McCree Jr. was the first African American appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the second African American Solicitor General in the history of the United States. | style="text-align:center;" | |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | William Robert Ming | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Iota | class="note" | civil rights pioneer, attorney, law professor and best known as one of the architects of the legal strategy leading to the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, working on the litigation team for that case and on a number of the important cases leading to Brown, including Shelley v. Kraemer, Sweatt v. Painter and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents | style="text-align:center;" | |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | Donald Gaines Murray | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Nu Tau | class="note" | central figure in Murray v. Pearson (1935), which ruled that the University of Maryland School of Law policy of racial segregation was unconstitutional. | style="text-align:center;" | [10] |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | James Benton Parsons | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | Alpha Mu | class="note" | First African-American to serve as a United States Federal District Judge | style="text-align:center;" | |- style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard" | class="fn" | Percy Sutton | style="text-align:center;" class="org" | New York Alumni | class="note" | attorney and civil rights activist, attorney for Malcolm X | style="text-align:center;" | [2] Template:FratMemberEnd
Literature
Template:FratMemberStart Template:FratMember Template:FratMember
|}
Military
Religion
Science
Sports
Baseball
Basketball
Football
{{Frat/start |ilist =
|alist= Template:FratMember Template:FratMember Template:FratMember
Track and Field
Other athletics
References
- ^ a b "Brief info". thekappastore.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference
fw-famouskappaswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
kappalambdawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
jrnl0208was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Tavis Smiley". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
thetapsiwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Famous Nupes". Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Omicron Sigma chapter. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
kappawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "A Brief History of Kappa Alpha Psi". Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Atlanta Alumni chapter. Retrieved 2008-03-05. [dead link]
- ^ "Donald Gaines Murray –bio". route-one.org. Retrieved 2008-02-11.