This week, fifty years ago, on a campus where Black students longed for greater representation and support, one man’s vision sparked a movement that would change the face of Northeast Louisiana University (NLU), now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM).
In early 1972, Andrew A. Hill, a forward-thinking leader, looked around the NLU campus and saw a glaring need. Black students lacked campus-supported organizational activities that could foster their growth, leadership, and sense of community. Hill, already a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., saw an opportunity to fill this void by establishing an undergraduate chapter of his beloved brotherhood at NLU.
With determination in his heart, Hill approached the Monroe Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. His passionate pitch found…
