Irish History
Women History
African American History
Important Events through Winter Quarter
PKS Diversity
100

This great tragedy occurred from 1845 to 1849 and caused a mass movement of Irish citizens to the US.

The Great Famine

100

This amendment granted women the right to vote

The 19th Amendment
100

This Amendment outlawed slavery in the United States.

13th Amendment

100

The Russians liberate this famous concentration camp on January 27th, 1945.

Aushchwitz

100

This Public Motto of our fraternity guarantees that any person can join our fraternity.

Brotherhood is More than Skin Deep

200

This person led the Christianity movement in Ireland, and we routinely celebrate his holiday on March 17th

St. Patrick

200

This famous tennis player took on former men's tennis star Bobby Riggs in a match famously called the, "Battle of the Sexes"

Billie Jean King

200

Southern State Legislators in 1896 first began passing the first segregation laws also known as the...

Jim Crow Laws

200

On February 26th, 1848 this pamphlet was published by two young socialists.

The Communist Manifesto

200

Which of our alumni were able to have a threesome in the sauna with two new girls. (HINT: He was of African-American descent)

Shawn Tramble

300

This Former US President discovered his Celtic ancestry in 2007 and has since embraced it with open arms

Barack Obama

300

On September 25th, 1981, this person became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court

Sandra Day O'Connor

300

Also known as the Black Renaissance, many Black Americans moved from the south to the north and marked the first time critics turned real attention to the African American arts, literature and etc. This was known as the...

Harlem Renaissance

300

On March 3rd, 1913 the first of these marches took place, in which many of the participants were attacked and harrassed.

Women's Suffrage March aka the Women Suffrage Procession

300

Worst Diversity chair of recent past, but was somehow our most diverse diversity chair.

Nathan Sheffield

400

The 69th Infantry Regiment of New York that earned many Irish citizens respect amongst American citizens during the Civil War was also known and is still known as...

The Irish Brigade

400

On Dec. 10th 1869, this soon to be state became the first to pass women suffrage law.

Wyoming

400

This African American baseball player was the first to play in the MLB.

Moses Fleetwood Walker

400

On March 13, 1943 a plot to kill Hitler by German army officers failed because of this reason.

A Faulty Detonator.

400

This chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma asked in 1860, for the fraternity to declare that it was to, "be an organization for white men, and for white men only."

The Theta Chapter aka Centenary College

500

De Valera and Sinn Fein lead the movement for a declaration of independence move and gets it approved in 1919 also known as...

The First Dail

500

Sojourner Turner gave this speech in 1851 to promote Women's voting rights.

Ain't I a Woman

500

The LA riots were triggered by police violence caught on video, which included getting tazed and then beaten, towards this African American man.

Rodney King

500

On February 1st, 1960 four African American students sat down and ordered coffee at a lunch counter inside a Woolworth's store. They were refused service, but did not leave. This led to the...

Greensboro Sit-ins

500

Phi Kappa Sigma became the first fraternity to be anti-discriminatory in this year.

1860

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