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Edwin R. Overall aka Edwin R. Williams (August 25, 1835 – July 31, 1901) was an abolitionist, civil rights activist, civil servant, and politician in Chicago and Omaha. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was involved in abolition and underground railroad activities headed at Chicago's Quinn Chapel AME Church. During the U. S. Civil War, he recruited blacks in Chicago to join the Union Army. After the war, he moved to Omaha, where he was involved in the founding of the National Afro-American League and a local branch of the same. He was the first black in Nebraska to be nominated to the state legislature in 1890. He lost the election, but in 1892, his friend Matthew O. Ricketts became the first African-American elected to the Nebraska legislature. He was also a leader in Omaha organized labor.

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  • إدوين ر. أوفرول (ar)
  • Edwin R. Overall (en)
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  • Edwin R. Overall aka Edwin R. Williams (August 25, 1835 – July 31, 1901) was an abolitionist, civil rights activist, civil servant, and politician in Chicago and Omaha. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was involved in abolition and underground railroad activities headed at Chicago's Quinn Chapel AME Church. During the U. S. Civil War, he recruited blacks in Chicago to join the Union Army. After the war, he moved to Omaha, where he was involved in the founding of the National Afro-American League and a local branch of the same. He was the first black in Nebraska to be nominated to the state legislature in 1890. He lost the election, but in 1892, his friend Matthew O. Ricketts became the first African-American elected to the Nebraska legislature. He was also a leader in Omaha organized labor. (en)
  • إدوين ر. أوفرول المعروف باسم إدوين ر. ويليامز (25 أغسطس عام 1835 - 31 يوليو عام 1901) هو مناصر لإبطال العبودية وناشط حقوق مدنية أمريكي برز على الساحة السياسية في مدينتي شيكاغو وأوماها. انخرط أوفرول في نشاطات الحركة الإبطالية وشبكة السكك الحديدية تحت الأرض اللتين اتخذتا من كنيسة كوين تشابل بشيكاغو مركزًا لهما خلال خمسينيات وستينيات القرن التاسع عشر. بادر أوفرول إلى تجنيد الرجال السود في شيكاغو حتى يلتحقوا في صفوف جيش الاتحاد إبان الحرب الأهلية الأمريكية. انتقل بعدها إلى مدينة أوماها عقب انتهاء الحرب وهناك لعب دورًا في تأسيس الرابطة الوطنية الأمريكية الأفريقية بالإضافة إلى تأسيس أحد الأفرع المحلية الأخرى المنبثقة عنها. كان أول شخص من أصحاب البشرة السوداء يترشح لعضوية المجلس التشريعي الخاص بولاية نبراسكا في عام 1890. خسر أوفرول الانتخابات ولكن أضحى صديقه ماثيو ريكتس أول أمريكي من أصولٍ أفريقي (ar)
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  • Edwin R. Overall (en)
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  • Edwin R. Overall (en)
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  • Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. (en)
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  • Saint Charles County, Missouri, U.S. (en)
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