John Bolt Culbertson

 

John Bolt Culbertson
member of the State Senate of South Carolina (en) member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (en)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Laurens County (en) , 16 Satumba 1908
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	21 ga Maris, 1983
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa
Imani
Jam'iyar siyasa	Democratic Party (en)

John Bolt Culbertson (16 ga Satumba, 1908 - 21 ga Maris, 1983) ya kasance memba na Babban Taron Kudancin Carolina, mai ba da shawara ga Ƙungiyar Ƙasa don Ci gaban Mutanen Launi (NAACP), kuma ɗaya daga cikin lauyoyin tsaro don shari'ar kisan Willie Earle a Greenville, Kudancin Caroline .

Rayuwa ta farko

An haife shi a Laurens County, South Carolina, John Bolt Culbertson ya halarci Jami'ar South Carolina, yana aiki a matsayin mai ba da abinci kuma yana ba da takardu don biyan kuɗin karatu, ya kammala karatu tare da digiri na shari'a a 1934. Ya yi aiki ga Ofishin Bincike na Tarayya (FBI) na tsawon shekaru biyu a matsayin wakili na musamman a Midwest a lokacin J. Edgar Hoover's "War on Crime" Culbertson daga baya zai ce lokacinsa a Detroit, Michigan, ya taimaka wajen tsara ra'ayoyinsa da tausayi ga ma'aikata.

A cikin 1937, Culbertson ya fara aikin lauya a Greenville, yana mai da hankali kan dangantakar ma'aikata. Zai yi aiki a matsayin lauya har sai an rubuta shi cikin Sojoji a 1943, lokacin da ya hada da rashin nasara ga Majalisar Wakilai ta Kudu Carolina. A cikin Sojoji, Culbertson ya yi aiki a cikin sojan ƙasa kuma a matsayin mai bincike a duk lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.

Ayyuka

A shekara ta 1947, Culbertson ya yi aiki a cikin ƙungiyar lauyoyin kare mutane 28 da ake zargi da kashe Willie Earle, wanda ake zargi na fashi da kashe direban taksi. Wannan zai zama canji a cikin gwagwarmayar Culbertson tsakanin ra'ayoyinsa game da wariyar launin fata da aikinsa. Daga baya, Culbertson zai ce:

"Na yanke shawarar rayuwa ba za ta da ma'ana ta ainihi sai dai idan mutum yana shirye ya sadaukar da kansa ga abubuwan da ya yi imani da su kuma ya tsaya don amincewarsa. ...Idan na yarda ya ba da rayuwata - wanda ni ne - don ra'ayin 'yanci a wasu ƙasashe, ya kamata in kasance a shirye a matsayin ɗan ƙasa don ba da ma'anar gaske ga taken dimokuradiyya a gida. "

A cikin 1948, an zaɓi Culbertson a Majalisar Wakilai ta Kudu Carolina, inda ya yi aiki na wa'adi ɗaya a cikin 1949 da 1950. Ya shiga cikin zartar da dokar cutar ta farko ta jihar. Culbertson zai ci gaba da tsayawa takara a matsayin dan jam'iyyar Democrat a jinsi daban-daban, ciki har da na magajin garin Greenville (1951), Majalisar Wakilan Amurka ( 1965 da 1980 ), Majalisar Dattawan Amurka ( 1968, 1972, da 1978 ), da Gwamna ( 1974 ).

Kodayake kamfen ɗin Culbertson akai-akai bai haifar da zabensa ba, sun ƙarfafa matsayinsa na zakara don dalilai masu sassaucin ra'ayi a jihar South Carolina. Culbertson ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin lauya a Greenville a kan shari'o'in biyan diyya na ma'aikata da kungiyoyin kwadago a cikin masana'antun masana'antu, gami da shari'ar biyan diyya ta ma'aikaci akan JP Stephens Co. Inc. (yanzu WestPoint Home).

Duk da yake bai taba biyan albashi ba, Culbertson ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin NAACP ta Kudu Carolina. Ya yi tafiya tsakanin yankuna 46 na Kudancin Carolina, yana kira ga hadin kai da kuma mutane su shiga kungiyar. Culbertson ya kuma yi aiki don gwadawa da tilasta kotuna su shigar da 'yan Afirka na Afirka a cikin rukunin juri na Kudancin Carolina. A shekara ta 1955, ya ga mambobinsa 3,000 sun shiga reshen jihar.

Culbertson ya mutu daga ciwon daji a Houston, Texas a ranar 21 ga Maris, 1983, bayan neman magani a Asibitin MD Anderson.