Ernest William Chambers is an American politician and civil rights activist who represented North Omaha's 11th District in the Nebraska State Legislature from 1971 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2021. He could not run in 2020 due to term limits.
Ernie Chambers as a Nebraska Senator
Chambers repeatedly sought to outlaw hunting mountain lions, saying "these animals should not be killed for the love of killing."
The Ernie Chambers Memorial Hearing Room in the Nebraska Capitol
North Omaha is a community area in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States. It is bordered by Cuming and Dodge Streets on the south, Interstate 680 on the north, North 72nd Street on the west and the Missouri River and Carter Lake, Iowa on the east, as defined by the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
The southwest corner of 24th and Lake Streets in North Omaha
Night view of the Grand Court. Photograph by Frank Rinehart, 1898.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cornerstone Memorial at the NW corner of 24th and Lake St in North Omaha
The historic office of the Omaha Star