Kelly Alexander Sr.

Kelly Miller Alexander Sr. (18 ga Agusta, 1915 - 2 ga Afrilu, 1985) ya kasance shugaban kwamitin daraktocin Ƙungiyar Ƙasa don Ci gaban Mutanen Launi kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin bil'adama. An haife shi a Charlotte, North Carolina, ga Zechariah da Louise Alexander . Mahaifinsa shi ne mai Gidan jana'izar Alexander, gidan jana'iza na baki daya da ke Charlotte. Ya buga kwallon kafa a makarantar sakandare ta biyu, wanda aka fi sani da "Kelly mai lalacewar jirgin ruwa". Alexander ya yi karatu a Cibiyar Tuskegee a Alabama da Kwalejin Renouard na Embalming a Birnin New York kafin ya koma Charlotte don taimakawa wajen gudanar da kasuwancin mahaifinsa."Kelly Alexander Sr., chairman of the NAACP's board of..." UPI. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

Ayyukansa a cikin NAACP ya fara ne a 1938 lokacin da ya shiga reshen Charlotte na NAACP. A shekara ta 1940 ya ɗauki shugabancin reshen Charlotte, ya juya shi zuwa dakarun kare hakkin bil'adama masu ƙarfi a cikin birni. A shekara ta 1948 an zabi Alexander a matsayin shugaban taron Jihar North Carolina na NAACP kuma ya fara kafa wasu surori a jihar North Carolina. Zai rike mukamin shugaban kasa har zuwa shekarar 1984. A karkashin jagorancinsa, Taron NC ya zama babban taron jihar a kasar tare da rassa sama da 120. 

Alexander ya gudu don Majalisar Birnin Charlotte sau biyu a cikin shekarun 1950 amma bai yi nasara ba. A matsayinsa na mai fafutuka a Charlotte ya yi yaƙi don kawar da wariyar launin fata a gidajen cin abinci da otal-otal a yankin. Ya kuma goyi bayan Kotun Koli ta Amurka Case Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education wanda ya ce ana iya amfani da bas don haɗa makarantu.

A shekara ta 1965 gidan Alexander na ɗaya daga cikin gidaje huɗu da wani ya jefa bam da wani ya yi ƙoƙarin hana yunkurin kare hakkin bil'adama a Charlotte. Gidan ɗan'uwan Alexander Frederick Alexander ya kai hari tare da lauyan kare hakkin bil'adama Julius Chambers da mai fafutuka Reginald Hawkins. Babu wanda ya ji rauni daga fashewar.

A cikin 1950, an zabi Alexander don aiki a cikin Kwamitin Daraktocin NAACP na Kasa. A shekara ta 1976 an zabe shi mataimakin shugaban. A shekara ta 1983 kwamitin NAACP ya nemi Alexander ya zama mukaddashin shugaban bayan rikici tsakanin shugaban Margaret Wilson da babban darektan Benjamin Hooks. Alexander ya karbi kujerar kuma ya sake tsara NAACP. Ayyukansa da jagorancinsa tare da NAACP sun sa abokansa da abokan aikinsa suka san shi da Mr. NAACP.Smothers, Ronald (1985-04-04). "KELLY ALEXANDER OF N. A. A. C. P. DIES". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

Alexander ya mutu a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 1985, yana da shekaru 69. Ya ba da gadonsa na gwagwarmaya don daidaito ga 'ya'yansa maza biyu, Kelly Alexander Jr. wanda zai zama shugaban taron NC na NAACP da Alfred Alexander wanda ya karɓi kasuwancin iyali."NAACP's Kelly Alexander Dies". The Washington Post. 1985-04-04. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

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