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Featured article: October 23, 2005

The Black Seminoles are descendants of free African Americans and fugitive slaves traditionally allied with Seminole Indians in the U.S. states of Florida and Oklahoma. Twentieth-century historians popularized the name "Black Seminoles" to describe the community, whose members were known in the 19th century as Seminole Negroes, or Seminole maroons. Today Black Seminoles are concentrated in parts of Oklahoma, in Nacimiento in the Mexican state of Coahuila, and along the U.S.-Mexico border near Del Rio and Brackettville, Texas. As early as 1689, African slaves fled from the British American colonies to Spanish Florida seeking freedom. Under an edict from the King of Spain, the black fugitives received liberty in exchange for defending the Spanish settlers at St. Augustine.

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Brass band arrangement of the Hunters' Chorus from The Lily of Killarney using period instruments. During the 19th century, brass bands began to spring up throughout Europe and America. Popular music, including operas, were arranged for them by composers and music sellers eager to cash in on the free advertising they provided. (file info)

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Located on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach, the World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France honors American soldiers who died in Europe during World War II. Shown here is the grave marker of Jimmie W. Monteith, a United States Army officer who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions and sacrifice of life on D-Day.

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Featured list: List of Alpha Phi Alpha brothers

The list of Alpha Phi Alpha brothers (commonly referred to as Alphas^[1]) includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Phi Alpha (ΆΦΆ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for Black college students.^[2] Founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Alpha Phi Alpha opened chapters at other colleges, universities, and cities, and named them with Greek-letters. Members traditionally pledge into a chapter, although some members were granted honorary status prior to the fraternity's discontinuation of the practice of granting honorary membership. A chapter name ending in “Lambda” denotes a graduate chapter. No chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha is designated Omega, the last letter of the Greek alphabet that traditionally signifies "the end". Deceased brothers are respectfully referred to as having joined Omega Chapter. Frederick Douglass is distinguished as the only member initiated posthumously when he became an exalted honorary member of Omega chapter in 1921.^[2]

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Name	Original chapter	Notability	Reference
Henry A. Callis	Alpha	Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; 6th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha	^[3]^[4]
Charles H. Chapman	Alpha	Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; Professor of Agriculture at FAMU	^[3]
Eugene K. Jones	Alpha	Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; First Executive Director of the National Urban League; Member of President Franklin D Roosevelt’s Black Cabinet	^[3]^[5]
George B. Kelley	Alpha	Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity	^[3]
Nathaniel A. Murray	Alpha	Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity	^[3]
Robert H. Ogle	Alpha	Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; professional staff member to the Committee on Appropriations.	^[3]
Vertner W. Tandy	Alpha	Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha; Architect, whose most famous commission was probably the mansion of Harlem millionairess Madam C.J. Walker	^[3]^[6]

Charter for Alpha Phi Alpha's Alpha chapter with signatures of founders–Cornell University. circa. 1906

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