Lester Oliver Bankhead

**Lester Oliver Bankhead** (1912–1997), bụ onye America na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ,   mara maka atụmatụ ụka ọgbara ọhụrụ ya. Na 1950s, ọ bụ onye ọsụ ụzọ ojii na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ na Los Angeles, California.  Ụlọ ọrụ ihe owuwu ya nwere aha **Bankhead's Building Design Services**, ma mesịa dị ka **Lester O. Bankhead Design Group** . 

## Ndụ mbido
A mụrụ Lester Oliver Bankhead na Eprel 20, 1912, na Union, South Carolina .  A mụrụ ya na nne na nna Pearl Eugenia Eskew na John Hayes Bankhead, ma bụrụ ọkpara n'ime ụmụaka isii.   Nne ya bụ onye nkuzi wee gaa Tuskegee Institute (ugbu a Mahadum Tuskegee); nna ya bụ onye ọrụ ugbo na onye ozi.  Agụmakwụkwọ mbụ ya bụ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ Rosenwald nwere otu ọnụ ụlọ ebe nne ya kuziri na Cherokee County, South Carolina.  Ọ nwekwara ike ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Sims na Union. 

Ọ chọburu ịga Tuskegee Institute dị ka nne ya, n'agbanyeghị na ọ nweghị ike ime ya. Kama ọ debanyere aha na 1937 na Mahadum Voorhees na Denmark, South Carolina; ma nwee ike ịkwado agụmakwụkwọ ya site n'ọrụ dị ka onye na-akpụ isi.   Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ (site na Voorhees) na nzere na ọrụ ugbo na asambodo (1941) na nka nka.  N'ihi ikike idepụta ya, e nyere Bankhead ohere inyere ndị nkuzi aka. 

Na 1942 n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, e depụtara ya na United States Army ebe o jere ozi na Casablanca .  Achụpụrụ ya na ndị agha na 1945, ma kwaga Los Angeles.  Na 1946, Bankhead lụrụ Mary Wright na ha nwere ụmụ nwanyị abụọ. 

## Ọrụ
Bankhead mepere ụlọ ahịa isi mgbe ọ rutere Los Angeles, "Bankhead's Barbershop".  Ọ gara n'ihu na agụmakwụkwọ ya mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị na mmemme mgbatị ahụ na Mahadum California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles City College, na Los Angeles Trade-Technical College .  Bankhead gbalịrị ịrụ ọrụ na onye na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ Paul Revere Williams, ma a jụrụ ya maka ịbụ onye nwere nkà maka ọrụ ntinye ọkwa. 

Ya na ụlọ ọrụ Roab Construction Company rụkọrọ ọrụ obere oge.  Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1950, Bankhead nwere ụlọ ọrụ ihe owuwu nke ya, otu n'ime ọrụ mbụ ya bụ ụlọ ụlọ na Washington Boulevard.  Na 1962, Bankhead nwetara ikikere ndị ọrụ ngo site na California Contractors State License Board .  Isi ihe o lekwasịrị anya bụ ime ụlọ ụka, mana o mekwara ụlọ gụnyere ụlọ ndị ama ama.  Ọ bụ onye ndụmọdụ maka ụfọdụ ndị America America na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ n'oge mmalite ha. 

Bankhead nwụrụ na 1997 na Los Angeles.  Wesley H. Henderson gbara ya ajụjụ ọnụ na 1989 na 1990 ma bụrụ akụkụ nke UCLA Oral History Archive Programme.  Agụnyere profaịlụ Bankhead na akwụkwọ ọkọwa okwu *[[Ndị African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945|ndị Africa American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945]]* (2004).

## Na-arụ ọrụ

* Chapel of Faith Baptist Church, 7931 San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, California 
* Greater Life Missionary Church, Los Angeles, California 
* New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church (ugbu a Greater New Jerusalem Baptist), 4927 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California 
* Miracle Baptist Church, Los Angeles, California 
* Chọọchị Baptist Trinity, Los Angeles, California 
* Chọọchị United Mkpughe dị na Chineke, Los Angeles, California 

## Hụkwa

* African-American architects
* James Homer Garrott

## Ntụaka
gara n'ihu na agụmakwụkwọ ya mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị na mmemme mgbatị ahụ na Mahadum California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles City College, na Los Angeles Trade-Technical College .  Bankhead gbalịrị ịrụ ọrụ na

## Ọgụgụ ọzọ

*