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Alphonso Wilson

1860–1936

United States

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Alphonso Wilson (December 4, 1860 – 1936) was an African-American activist in Omaha, Nebraska, at the turn of the 20th century. Wilson was born in Bedford, Missouri in 1860. In 1880 he moved to Chicago and in 1886 he moved to Omaha.

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