Robert Brokenburr

**Robert Lee Brokenburr** (16 ga Nuwamba, 1886 - 24 ga Maris, 1974) lauya ne na Amurka, shugaban kare hakkin bil'adama, kuma dan majalisa a Indiana . Bayan yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa, Brokenburr ya yi takara a matsayin dan jam'iyyar Republican don kujerar Majalisar Dattijai ta Indiana a 1940 kuma ya zama dan Afirka na farko da aka zaba a cikin jiki inda ya yi aiki na shekaru 20.  Kafin ya yi takarar ofis, Brokenburr ya yi aiki a matsayin lauya da janar manajan kamfanin Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company yayin da yake ci gaba da aikinsa na shari'ar kare hakkin bil'adama.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Robert Lee Brokenburr a ranar 16 ga Nuwamba, 1886, a Phoebus, Virginia . Mahaifinsa, Benjamin Brokenburr, an 'yantar da shi daga bautar tun yana yaro.

Ya kammala karatu daga Cibiyar Harkokin Noma da Aikin Gona ta Hampton a 1906, kuma ya sami digiri na shari'a daga Jami'ar Howard a 1909.  An shigar da shi cikin lauyan jihar Indiana a shekarar 1910. 

## Ayyuka

### Ayyukan lauya
A cikin 1910, Brokenburr ya koma Indianapolis inda ya raba ofis tare da Freeman B. Ransom . Yayinda yake aiki, ya lashe nasarori da yawa na farko na kare hakkin bil'adama. A cikin Galliard v. Grant, ya kalubalanci dokar Indianapolis wacce ta raba birnin zuwa yankuna da aka raba ta hanyar tseren. Kotun da'ira ta Marion County ta ayyana dokar ba bisa ka'ida ba a shekarar 1926. A cikin Baily vs. Washington Theatre Company, ya wakilci wata mace da aka ƙi aiki a gidan wasan kwaikwayo bisa ga tseren ta. Kodayake kotun da farko ta yanke hukunci a kan Ms. Baily, an soke shawarar a kan roko.

Brokenburr ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin lauyan mai gabatar da kara na Marion County daga 1919 zuwa 1931.  Ya yi ritaya daga aiki a shekara ta 1971.

### Kamfanin Masana'antu na Madame C.J. Walker
Baya ga aikinsa na sirri, ya taimaka wa Madame C.J. Walker ta kafa Kamfanin Masana'antu na Madame C. J. Walker, ta rubuta labaran shiga kuma ta zama babban manajan da kuma mai ba da shawara ga kamfanin.  Kamfanin, wanda ke sayar da kayan kwalliya da kayan kula da gashi ga mata baƙi, ya ci gaba da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin kasuwancin da suka fi cin nasara a Amurka.

### Shugabancin NAACP
Brokenburr ya zama shugaban reshen Indianapolis na NAACP a shekara ta 1914.

### Ayyukan siyasa
Brokenburr ya yi takara a Majalisar Wakilai ta Indiana sau uku tsakanin 1912 da 1934. A shekara ta 1940, ya yi takara a matsayin dan takarar Jamhuriyar Republican a Majalisar Dattijai ta Indiana kuma ya zama dan Afirka na farko da aka zaba a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Jihar Indiana. Ya yi karin wa'adi hudu a 1944, 1952, 1956, da 1960. A matsayinsa na sanata na jihar, ya rubuta dokar kafa Hukumar Kare Hakkin Bil'adama ta Indiana . 

A shekara ta 1955, Shugaba Eisenhower ya nada Brokenburr a matsayin mataimakin wakili a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Brokenburr ya auri Alice Glover, wacce ta halarci Hampton Normal, a 1911 a Indianapolis. Suna da 'ya'ya biyu, Nerissa Brokenburr Stickney da Alice Brokenbur r Ray; 'ya'yan mata biyu 'yan wasan piano ne da aka horar a Oberlin Conservatory of Music . 

Bayan Alice ta mutu a 1945, Brokenburr ya auri matarsa ta biyu, Nettie . wanda ya mutu a shekarar 1969.

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