Ruth Bolden

Ruth Bolden (15 ga Mayu, 1910 – 12 ga Mayu, 2004) ta kasance wacce ta kafa ɗakin karatu kuma ma'aikaciyar kare haƙƙin jama'a . Ta taimaka wajen gano abin da zai zama ɗakin karatu na Reshen Weaver-Bolden (wani ɓangare na tsarin ɗakin karatu na jama'a na Tuscaloosa ) a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, wanda yanzu aka sanya masa suna don girmama ta da kuma na Dr. George Weaver . name="TAVM">

 Rayuwa da aiki 
An haifi Bolden a Bibb County, Alabama, a ranar 15 ga Mayu, 1910.  Ta yi aiki don kammala karatunta kuma ta kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Stillman a 1952. Daga baya ta sami digirin digirgir na biyu a fannin kimiyyar ɗakin karatu daga Jami'ar Atlanta .

A shekarar 1948, ta sami kuɗin gundumar don fara ɗakin karatu a cibiyar al'umma ta yankin da ke Yammacin Tuscaloosa (West End). A shekarar 1961, ta sami kuɗi don gina sabon ɗakin karatu. Ita ce mai kula da ɗakin karatu na farko a wannan ɗakin karatu kuma ta nemi a sanya wa ɗakin karatu suna don Dr. George Augustus Weaver (1872 - 1939), wani fitaccen ɗan ƙasa baƙar fata wanda ya ba wa matasa 'yan asalin yankin damar amfani da ɗakin karatunsa na sirri. A shekarar 1991, an sake wa wannan reshen ɗakin karatu na jama'a na Tuscaloosa suna reshen Weaver-Bolden don girmama ta.

Bolden mai bin TY Rogers ne, wanda jagora ne a ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin jama'a ta yankin. Ta kasance memba a Kwamitin Ayyukan Jama'a na Tuscaloosa kuma ta taimaka wajen yin rijistar baƙar fata don kaɗa ƙuri'a.

Bolden yana cikin waɗanda suka halarci Cocin First African Baptist da ke shirin yin zanga-zangar kare haƙƙin jama'a lokacin da hukumomin yankin suka yi amfani da hayaki mai sa hawaye a ranar 9 ga Yuni, 1964, ranar da mutane da yawa suka sani da "Ranar Jini".

 Lambobin yabo da karramawa 
Bolden ta riƙe mambobi da kyaututtuka da dama, ciki har da zama memba a Cocin Baptist na Afirka ta Farko, Ƙungiyar Mata Masu Zaɓe, Kwamitin Kare Hakkin Dan Adam na Bryce (wanda Kotun Tarayya ta naɗa), Hukumar Juri ta Gundumar Tuscaloosa kuma ta kasance shugabar Ƙungiyar Tsoffin Ɗaliban Ƙasa ta Kwalejin Stillman. An kuma naɗa Bolden a matsayin Baƙar fata Mace ta Shekara ta Alabama.

"Masu karatu shugabanni ne" shine taken ta. Mrs. Bolden ta rasu a ranar 12 ga Mayu, 2004, kwana uku kafin cikarta shekaru 94, kuma an binne ta a Cedar Oak Memorial Park da ke Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  name="TAVM">"Library Founder Dies Three Days Before 94th Birthday". Tuscaloosa Area Virtual Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2025.

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1910