John Archer (Dan siyasar Burtaniya)
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| Haihuwa | Liverpool, 8 ga Yuni, 1863 |
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Birtaniya United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Mutuwa |
London Borough of Wandsworth (en) |
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| Abokiyar zama |
Mrs John R Archer (en) |
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| Harsuna | Turanci |
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| Sana'a | ɗan siyasa |
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Mahalarcin
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| Imani | |
| Jam'iyar siyasa |
Labour Party (mul) Liberal Party (en) |
John Richard Archer (8 Yuni 1863 - 14 Yuli 1932) ɗan siyasan Biritaniya ne kuma ɗan gwagwarmayar siyasa. A shekara ta 1913 an zabe shi magajin garin Battersea, ya zama baƙar fata na farko magajin gari a wata unguwa a Landan. Ya kasance sanannen ɗan Afirka na Pan-African kuma shugaban ƙungiyar ci gaban Afirka.
Rayuwa da aiki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Archer a Liverpool, Lancashire ga Richard Archer, daga Barbados, da Mary Theresa Burns, daga Ireland.[1] Shekaru da yawa ya yi tafiya a duniya a matsayin jirgin ruwa, yana rayuwa na lokaci-lokaci a Amurka da Kanada. Ya auri Bertha, ɗan ƙasar Kanada baƙar fata, kuma a cikin shekarar 1890s, ya dawo tare da ita Ingila, yana zaune a Battersea yayin da yake cikin shekaru talatin. Ya fara karatun likitanci [2] amma yana tallafa wa kansa ta hanyar ƙaramin ɗakin ɗaukar hoto.
Maharba ya shiga harkokin siyasar gida; ya kasance mai goyon bayan masu ra'ayin sassaucin ra'ayi John Burns da abokantaka da masu tsattsauran ra'ayi na London. A cikin shekarar 1906 an zaɓe shi a matsayin mai ci gaba (Mai sassaucin ra'ayi) zuwa Majalisar gundumar Battersea na gundumar Latchmere; a dai dai lokacin ne Henry Sylvester Williams na Indiya ya yi nasara a gasar Marylebone. Archer ya yi nasarar yakin neman mafi karancin albashi shilling 32 a mako ga ma’aikatan kansila amma ya rasa kujerarsa a shekarar 1909; An sake zaɓe shi a shekarar 1912.
A cikin shekara ta 1913, an zaɓi Archer a matsayin magajin gari (a wancan lokacin wani matsayi da ke nuna cewa shi ne shugaban siyasa na majalisar Battersea, maimakon rawar da aka saba yi a Ingila daga shekarun 1920). Akwai abubuwa marasa kyau da wariyar launin fata a yakin, tare da zargin cewa ba shi da dan kasar Burtaniya. Ya yi nasara da kuri'u 40 zuwa 39 a tsakanin 'yan majalisarsa, sannan ya yi jawabin nasara mai ban mamaki:
“Zaben da na yi a daren yau yana nufin sabon zamani ne, kun kafa tarihi a daren yau, a karon farko a tarihin kasar Ingila an zabi wani mutum mai launin fata a matsayin magajin gari a wata karamar hukuma ta Ingila.
"Hakan zai kai ga kasashe masu launi na duniya kuma za su dubi Battersea su ce Battersea ya yi abubuwa da yawa a baya, amma babban abin da ya yi shi ne nuna cewa ba shi da wariyar launin fata kuma ta gane mutum don aikin da ya yi."
An ba da rahoton nasararsa a cikin mujallar Amurka The Crisis a cikin Janairun shekarar 1914. Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Mutane (NAACP) da aka kafa kwanan nan ta buga ta.[3]
Archer ya koma hagu a cikin shekarunsa a Battersea kuma a cikin 1919 an sake zaɓe shi a majalisa a matsayin wakilin Labour. A cikin 1918 an zabe shi a matsayin shugaban farko na kungiyar ci gaban Afirka, yana aiki don "ci gaban ra'ayoyin Afirka a cikin ilimin 'yanci". A cikin 1919 ya kasance wakilin Biritaniya zuwa Majalisar Pan-African Congress a Paris [4] kuma bayan shekaru biyu, ya jagoranci Majalisar Pan-African Congress a London.
A cikin shekarar 1922, Archer ya bar kujerar majalisarsa don zama wakilin zaɓe na jam'iyyar Labour na Shapurji Saklatvala, ɗan gwagwarmayar Jam'iyyar Kwaminisanci da ke tsayawa takarar majalisa a Arewacin Battersea. Ya shawo kan Jam'iyyar Labour ta amince da Saklatvala, wanda aka zaba - daya daga cikin 'yan majalisar Indiya na farko a Biritaniya. Shi da Saklatvala sun ci gaba da aiki tare, inda suka sake yin nasara a shekara ta 1924 har sai da jam'iyyun gurguzu da na Labour suka rabu. A cikin babban zaben 1929, Archer ya kasance wakilin dan takarar jam'iyyar Labour, wanda ya doke Saklatvala.
Archer yayi aiki a matsayin gwamnan Battersea Polytechnic, shugaban ƙungiyar Nine Elms Swimming Club, shugaban kwamitin ma'aikatan majalisar Whitley, kuma memba na Hukumar Kula da Wandsworth.
An sake zaɓe shi a cikin 1931, don gundumar Nine Elms. A lokacin mutuwarsa a 1932, ya kasance mataimakin shugaban majalisar Battersea. Ya mutu a ranar 14 ga Yulin shekarar 1932, 'yan makonni bayan cikarsa shekaru 69. An yi jana'izar sa a Cocin Our Lady of Karmel a Battersea Park Road a ranar 19 ga Yuli. An binne shi a makabartar majalisa a Morden.
Jane Roberts, matar tsohon shugaban Laberiya Joseph Jenkins Roberts, ta yi tafiya zuwa Ingila a ƙarshen rayuwa kuma ta sadu da ma'auratan Archer. Ta zauna tare da Archer da matarsa har zuwa mutuwarta a 1914, tana da shekaru 95.[5]
An yi tunanin Archer shine Bakar fata na farko da aka zaba a matsayin magajin gari a Biritaniya. Amma, Littafin Shekarar Negro na Amurka na 1914, a cikin rahoton zaɓen Archer, shi ma ya ruwaito hakan
A cikin 1904, Mista Allen Glaser Minns [sic], mai launin fata daga Yammacin Indies, an zaɓi shi magajin gari na gundumar Thetford, Norfolk.[6]
Baya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Archer House, wani yanki na ƙauyen Battersea, an yi masa suna bayan Archer akan ginin a cikin 1930s. A cikin 1986 an kafa Makarantar John Archer daga haɗakar Makarantar Wandsworth da Makarantar Spencer Park [7] amma an rufe ta a 1991. Akwai John Archer Way a Wandsworth kuma a Liverpool, John Archer Hall.
A cikin 2004, an zaɓi John Archer don jerin "Baƙar fata Birtaniyya 100",[8] yana zuwa na 72 a cikin ƙuri'ar jama'a.
A cikin 2010, an yi bikin tunawa da Archer da alamar shuɗi daga Nubian Jak Community Trust.[9]
A cikin Afrilu 2013 Archer yana ɗaya daga cikin mutane shida da Royal Mail ta zaɓa don fitowar tambarin tunawa da "Britaniyya".
A cikin Nuwamba 2013 Archer ya sami karramawa ta Heritage na Ingilishi tare da alamar shuɗi a tsohon gidansa, 55 Brynmaer Road, Battersea.[10]
A cikin Maris 2018 Cibiyar Sadarwar Ark Academy ta sake suna High View Primary school a Battersea a matsayin Ark John Archer Academy.[11]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Archer, John Richard" in David Dabydeen, John Gilmore, Cecily Jones (eds), The Oxford Companion to Black British History, Oxford University Press, 2007, p. 33.
- ↑ "Men of the Month". The Crisis: 224–226. March 1914.
- ↑ Men of the Month". The Crisis: 10. January 1914. Retrieved 16 June 2019
- ↑ Reft, Ryan (19 February 2019). "African-American History Month: First Pan-African Congress". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ↑ Phillips, Mike. "John Archer (1863–1932)". British Library. British Library. Retrieved 16 June 2019
- ↑ Work, Monroe N., ed. (1914). Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro – 1914–1915. Tuskegee, AL: The Negro Year Book Publishing Company, Tuskegee Institute Press. p. 49. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ↑ Spencer Park School. AIM25.
- ↑ "John Archer". 100 Great Black Britons. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ Royal Mail celebrates 'Great Britons' with launch of latest special stamp collection". royalmailgroup.com. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ↑ ARCHER, JOHN RICHARD (1863–1932)". english-heritage.org.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2015
- ↑ "High View Primary School Name change". highview.wandsworth.sch.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2018.