[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10014]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN HONOR OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PSI GAMMA CHAPTER OF THE OMEGA 
    PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC. OF KENT STATE UNIVERSITY IN KENT, OHIO

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 2, 2009

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor and recognition of 
the 40th Anniversary of the Psi Gamma Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi 
Fraternity, Incorporated, a proud heritage reflecting four decades of 
leadership, service, unity, academic achievement and pride.
  In March of 1968, the first young men were initiated into the Omega 
Psi Phi Fraternity at Kent State University. On April 1, 1969, the Psi 
Gamma Chapter was chartered at Kent State University. The '68 founding 
line, the Devine 9, built a foundation of brotherhood and social 
action, taking up the torch that their brothers carried before them. In 
1969, the Defiant 9 were the first bloodline to form at Psi Gamma 
Chapter at Kent State University, living up to their name as leaders in 
defiance of social injustice, ignorance and racism, and champions of 
the Four Cardinal Principals: Manhood, Scholarship, Uplift and 
Perseverance.
  The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity of Kent State University collectively 
stands on the courageous shoulders of the young men of Howard 
University in Washington, DC, where the first young black men united in 
brotherhood and in their universal goal of advancement, civil rights 
and opportunity for all.
  Madam Speaker and Colleagues, please join me in honor and recognition 
of every member and leader of the Psi Gamma Chapter of the Omega Psi 
Phi Fraternity at Kent State University, as we join them in celebrating 
forty years of young black men in brotherhood, service to others and 
action for the cause of civil rights. The young black men of Psi Gamma 
Chapter, and the young black men of black fraternities across the 
country, were a critical influence in the changing course of race in 
America--and continue to serve as a force of advancement, hope and 
change--one young man, one chapter at a time. This brotherhood, 
fortified with an education and unified agenda proudly raised the torch 
of freedom and the hope for justice and liberty for all, paving the way 
for civil and human rights and changing the social landscape of our 
nation forever--from the Psi Gamma Chapter House of Kent State 
University, to the White House of Washington, DC.

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