Origins
The Southeastern Province of Kappa Alpha Psi® Fraternity, Inc. was created by the last Grand Chapter at which the late illustrious J. Ernest Wilkins, Sr., presided. As a result of extensive study, the Grand Board of Directors, meeting in Kansas City, MO, in 1950, recommended that the Southern Province, then the most extensive province in Kappadom, comprising, as it did, the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, be partitioned. At the same session of the Grand Chapter in Kansas City, a proposal to partition the Southwestern Province was defeated. After much debate and compromise was made whereby the Southwestern Province remained intact, comprising the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
The new elected Grand Polemarch, Frank M. Summers, proceeded immediately to effect the reorganization of the states, following the directive of the Grand Chapter. Upon the recommendation of Province Polemarch W. Dickerson Donnelly, the Grand Polemarch asked the Keeper of Records and Exchequer of the Southeastern Province, Toussaint L. Hale, to assume
Past Province Polemarchs

Touissaint L. Hale
First Province Polemarch
1951-1957
Birmingham(AL) Alumni

Dr. Oliver S. Gumbs
Second Province Polemarch
1957-1966
Mobile (AL) Alumni

Cauley O. Lott
Third Province Polemarch
1966-1975
Orlando (FL) Alumni

Dr. Ullysses McBride
Fourth Province Polemarch
1975-1983
Atmore (AL) Alumni

Robert T. Hughes
Fifth Province Polemarch
1983-1991
Huntsville (AL) Alumni

Thomas L. Battles, Jr.
Sixth Province Polemarch
1991-1997
Miami (FL) Alumni

Dr. Frank S. Emanuel
Seventh Province Polemarch
1997-2005
Jacksonville (FL) Alumni

Ronald E. Range
Eighth Province Polemarch
2005-2011
Northport (AL) Alumni

Linnes Finney, Jr.,Esq.
Ninth Province Polemarch
2011-2015
Ft. Pierce (FL) Alumni

Bertram K. Orum
Tenth Province Polemarch
2015-2021
Birmingham (AL) Alumni

Chauncey E. Haynes
Eleventh Province Polemarch
2021-2022
Tallahassee (FL) Alumni