When was Kiwanis membership open to afro Americans?

Kiwanis Club membership has never had any racial restrictions, so technically Kiwanis membership has been open to Afro-Americans since the organization's inception in 1915. Membership to individual clubs is by invitation and has never been monitored as to race, but Club memberships tend to reflect the ethnicity balance of the surrounding community. Some Clubs are predominently Afro-American; there have been numerous Afro-American Division Lieutenant Governors as well as some Regional Governors.