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John Adams, Sr (Nebraska) : ウィキペディア英語版 | John Adams, Sr (Nebraska)
John Adams, Sr (February 2, 1876 - April 21, 1962) was an American minister, lawyer, and politician and a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, was a lawyer and minister in South Carolina, Washington State, and Colorado before settling in Omaha, Nebraska.〔 While in South Carolina he took a civil rights case to the U.S. Supreme Court where he lost. He was the only black member of the Nebraska unicameral for much of his tenure from 1949-1962. He was an ordained minister and at the time of his death was presiding elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). As a legislator, he was an outspoken champion of civil rights and fought for fair employment practices and pensions for retired teachers.〔"State Senator Adams Dies"; Omaha World Herald; April 21, 1962, page 16〕 ==Life== Adams was born February 2, 1876 in Atlanta, Georgia〔"Yesterday in Negro History"; Jet; 6 Feb 1964; page 11〕 to the John and Belle Adams. On September 16, 1902 he married Hattie Edith Bowman daughter of John and Melissa Bowman in Wilmington, North Carolina. He attended high school in Atlanta public schools and attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, Yale University, Gammon Theological Seminary, and received a Masters of Arts from AME affiliated Campbell College in Jackson, Mississippi.〔 He had three sons, John, Harold S. and Ralph W. - John, Jr and Ralph joined John, Sr as partners in a law practice in the 1930s. Adams died of a heart attack on the morning of Saturday, April 22, 1962. The Governor and many members of the state legislature attended his funeral.〔"Officials Going to Adams Rights"; Omaha World Herald; April 25, 1962; page 53〕
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