Ted Berry

 

Ted Berry
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Kentucky, 5 Nuwamba, 1905
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Cincinnati (mul) , 15 Oktoba 2000
Makwanci	Spring Grove Cemetery (en)
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Cincinnati (en) University of Cincinnati College of Law (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	lauya da ɗan siyasa
Mamba	Alpha Phi Alpha (en) NAACP (en)
Aikin soja
Ya faɗaci	Yakin Duniya na II
Imani
Jam'iyar siyasa	Charter Party (en)

Theodore Moody Berry (8 ga Nuwamba, 1905 - 15 ga Oktoba, 2000) ɗan siyasan Amurka ne na Jam'iyyar Yarjejeniyar Cincinnati, Ohio kuma shi ne magajin gari na farko na Afirka na Cincinnati.

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

An haife shi cikin talauci a Maysville, Kentucky, a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1905, Ted Berry ya shawo kan manyan cikas don cimma nasarar kansa kuma ya sami suna na kasa a matsayin jagora a cikin Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Bil'adama. Ya kammala karatu daga Woodward High School a 1924 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da jawabi na ƙarshe, Ba'amurke na farko da ya riƙe wannan girmamawa a Cincinnati. A cikin babban shekarunsa, ya lashe gasar rubutun tare da shigarwa da aka gabatar a ƙarƙashin sunan Thomas Playfair bayan wani fararen kwamiti ya ki amincewa da shigarwarsa ta farko. Berry ya yi aiki a masana'antun ƙarfe a Newport, Kentucky, don biyan kuɗin karatu a Jami'ar Cincinnati sannan kuma a makarantar shari'a.

Ayyukan shari'a

An shigar da Berry a cikin lauyan Ohio a 1932. Ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban reshen Cincinnati na NAACP daga 1932 zuwa 1946. A shekara ta 1938 an nada shi mataimakin lauyan baƙar fata na farko na Hamilton County.

Ayyukan soja

A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, Berry ya yi aiki a Ofishin Bayanan Yakin a matsayin jami'in halin kirki. Aikin ya kai shi Washington, DC, kuma ya sa ya canza alakarsa ta siyasa daga Jamhuriyar Republican zuwa Democrat. A shekara ta 1945, Berry ya kare jami'an Sojan Sama na Sojoji guda uku, mambobin Tuskegee Airmen, wadanda suka nuna rashin amincewa da kulob din jami'in da aka ware a Indiana. Ya sami nasarar wankewa ga maza biyu. A shekara ta 1995, Sojojin Sama sun gafarta wa na uku wanda aka yanke masa hukunci.

Sabis ɗin NAACP

Daga 1947 zuwa 1961, Berry ya yi aiki a Kwamitin NAACP Ohio na Dokar 'Yancin Bil'adama inda ya yi aiki kan daidaito na aiki da al'amuran gidaje masu kyau. Ya kuma shiga cikin Urban League na Greater Cincinnati .

Ayyukan siyasa

Ya fara aikinsa na siyasa na Cincinnati a 1947 lokacin da ya tsaya takarar Majalisar Birnin. Ya rasa a wannan shekarar amma ya ci nasara a 1949. Ya kasance shugaban kwamitin kudi a 1953 kuma ya jagoranci gwagwarmaya mai rikitarwa don ƙirƙirar harajin kudin shiga na gari. A shekara ta 1955 an zabe shi mataimakin magajin gari. Yaƙin neman zaɓe na siyasa na 1963 don komawa Majalisar Birnin Cincinnati ya kasance shugaban Rev. L. Venchael Booth . Halittawar da ya yi na Hukumar Ayyukan Jama'a a Cincinnati ta ja hankalin Sargent Shriver. A shekara ta 1965 Shugaba Lyndon Johnson ya nada Berry ya zama shugaban Ofishin Harkokin Tattalin Arziki na Ayyukan Al'umma wanda ya hada da Head Start, da Ayyukan Ayyuka da Ayyukan Shari'a. Berry ya koma Cincinnati a shekarar 1969 kuma an nada shi a Majalisar Birnin a shekarar 1971. An zabe shi magajin gari a shekarar 1972 kuma ya yi aiki na shekaru hudu - magajin gari na farko na Afirka na Cincinnati. A cikin shekarun 1980 da 1990, Berry ya yi ƙoƙari ya dawo da wakilci mai daidaituwa ga Cincinnati saboda ya yi imani da cewa ya ba da iko mai kyau ga masu jefa kuri'a na Black.

Mutuwa da gado

Ted Berry Park a Cincinnati, Ohio

Berry ya mutu yana da shekaru 94 a ranar 15 ga Oktoba, 2000. Sauran shahararrun baƙar fata na Cincinnati kamar Marian Spencer da Alkalin Nathaniel R. Jones sun dauki Ted Berry a matsayin abin koyi. Birnin Cincinnati ya sanya wa titin da wurin shakatawa suna bayan Berry.

Haɗin kai da kyaututtuka

Magajin garin Berry ya kasance Yarima Hall Freemason kuma memba ne na ƙungiyar Alpha Phi Alpha, babi na Alpha Alpha . Ya kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa wanda ya taimaka wa sashen Alpha Rho Lambda, 21 ga Disamba, 1929, a Columbus, Ohio. A shekara ta 1979, NAACP ta girmama Berry ta hanyar ba shi lambar yabo ta William Robert Ming Advocacy Award don ruhun kudi da sadaukar da kai da aka nuna a cikin aikinsa na shari'a.