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Charles Henry Chapman was born June 20, 1876, in Cayuga County, New York. He is one of the seven founders (Jewels) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity in the United States established for men of African descent.

In 1880, Chapman was living with his grandfather George Thompson in Ontario, New York. Around 1900, he moved to Washington, D.C., and studied at Howard University, but there is no record of him completing his studies.

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In 1905, Chapman entered Cornell University as a student. He studied agriculture and owned a small brickyard and cafe.

Sparked by the Niagara Movement (1905-09), whose primary purpose was to oppose racial segregation and disenfranchisement, Black students at Cornell started many organizations to promote racial progress.

One of those was a social studies club composed of African American students that met at the residence of its founder, C.C. Poindexter, a graduate student at the university. Like Poindexter, C