A Colored Convention
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Title
A Colored Convention
Source
Chronicling America
Publisher
Chicago Daily Tribune
Date
1876-01-20
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A COLORED CONVENTION. AT LINCOLN, NEB.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 19. - A colored men's State Convention to elect delegates to the National Convention at Nashville, Tenn., in April, selected Dr. W. H. Stevenson, S. R. Overall, the Rev. W. H. Wilson, and R. W. Gamble, and passed resolutions warmly indorsing the Republican party, deprecating the necessity for separate State and National Conventions, reciting that Nebraska needs no separate conventions, but that the Southern States do, reciting the cause of the meeting being the murder of 3,000 colored men in the South without cause. The proceedings closed with a banquet and were very harmonious.
A COLORED CONVENTION. AT LINCOLN, NEB.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 19. - A colored men's State Convention to elect delegates to the National Convention at Nashville, Tenn., in April, selected Dr. W. H. Stevenson, S. R. Overall, the Rev. W. H. Wilson, and R. W. Gamble, and passed resolutions warmly indorsing the Republican party, deprecating the necessity for separate State and National Conventions, reciting that Nebraska needs no separate conventions, but that the Southern States do, reciting the cause of the meeting being the murder of 3,000 colored men in the South without cause. The proceedings closed with a banquet and were very harmonious.
Convention Minutes Item Type Metadata
Convention Type
National Convention
City
Nashville
State
TN
Country
USA
Start Date
1876-04-05
End Date
1876-04-07
Provenance
Library of Congress
Event ID
1876.TN-04.05.NASH
Citation
“A Colored Convention,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/2794.