▁prohib ited ▁from ▁att ending ▁student ▁functions ▁and ▁ext rac urr icular ▁activities ▁by ▁white ▁college ▁administr ators ▁and ▁fellow ▁students . ▁African - American ▁students ▁were ▁denied ▁membership ▁on ▁athlet ic ▁teams ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁track ▁and ▁field . ▁The ▁ra cial ▁pre jud ice ▁and ▁disc rim ination ▁encountered ▁by ▁the ▁found ers ▁strength ened ▁their ▁bond ▁of ▁friendship ▁and ▁growing ▁interest ▁in ▁starting ▁a ▁social ▁group . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁the ▁frat ern ity ▁expanded ▁with ▁the ▁second ▁under grad uate ▁chapter ▁opened ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Illinois — B eta ▁chapter ; ▁then ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Iowa — Gamma ▁chapter . ▁After ▁this , ▁K appa ▁Al pha ▁P si ▁char tered ▁under grad uate ▁chap ters ▁on ▁Black ▁college ▁camp uses ▁at ▁Wil ber force ▁University — Delta ▁chapter , ▁and ▁Lincoln ▁University ▁( P en nsylvan ia ) — E psilon ▁chapter . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 0 , ▁X i ▁chapter ▁was ▁char tered ▁at ▁Howard ▁University . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁the ▁frat ern ity ▁installed ▁the ▁O mic ron ▁chapter ▁at ▁Columbia ▁University , ▁its ▁first ▁at ▁an ▁I vy ▁League ▁university . ▁The ▁frat ern ity ' s ▁first ▁chapter ▁in ▁the ▁South ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁at ▁More house ▁College — ▁Pi ▁chapter . ▁K appa ▁Al pha ▁P si ▁expanded ▁through ▁the ▁Mid west , ▁South , ▁and ▁West ▁at ▁both ▁white ▁and ▁black ▁colleg es .