Lena King Lee | |
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| Born | Lena S. King 14 Julaị 1906 Sumter County, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | 24 Ọgọstụ 2006 (aged 100) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Morgan State University (BA) New York University (MA) University of Maryland (LLM) |
| Occupation | Educator, attorney |
Lena King Lee (July 14, 1906 - August 24, 2006) bụ onye nkuzi America, onye ọka iwu, na onye njikọ njikọ nke ihe na ngwaọrụ ego mgbe ọ dị afọ 60 wee bụrụ otu n'ime ụmụ Africa America mbụ ihe na Maryland General Assembly. Lee ikike ikike ndị nkuzi, ikike ụmụ, na ụlọ dị ọnụ ala, ma guzobe Legislative Black Caucus nke Maryland na 1970. A nabatara ya na Maryland Women's Hall of Fame n'afọ 1989.
Akwụkwọ nke Lena King na Sumter County, Alabama, na 1906, otu n'ime ụmụ atọ nke Samuel Sylvester King na Lula Gully King.[1] Nna ya bụ onye na-egwupụta coal na onye na-ahụ maka ndị na- coal nke na-arụ ọrụ mgbe ụfọdụ dị ka onye na-akwọ na onye na-ama ọrụ iji nweta ego. Lena gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na eze na Alabama, Illinois, na Pennsylvania, ka nna ya na-agagharị na-achọ ọrụ na-egwupụta ihe. Mgbe ọ ọmụmụ akwụkwọ na Tarentum High School, ebe ọ bụ naanị nwa akwụkwọ ojii ma mechaa atọ na klas nke 70, onye nkuzi mere ndokwa ka ọ nata njikọ na Mahadum Cheyney nke Pennsylvania, ebe ọ bụ isi dị ka onye nkuzi.[1] N'afọ 1927, ọ kwagara Annapolis, Maryland, iji ọrụ ọrụ mbụ ya. Afọ anɔ ka e hụ, ọ kwagara Baltimore, ebe ọ nchori klas nke isii n'akwụkwọ ozi na eze Baltimore.[2] Na ọrụ ọrụ ya, ọ sonyeere American Federation of Teachers ma lụo ogụ maka ikike ndị nkuzi.[1]
ọsịrị akara akara akara akara Bachelor of Science na Mahadum Morgan State na 1939, a ajụjụ Lee ịga Mgbe mahadum na Mahadim Maryland n'ihi Ịkpa ókè . Maryland ikpe maka ndị Africa America ka ha gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ n'akwụkwọ. Lee ji ụgbọ okporo ụzọ gaa New York City na ndị isi, wee nweta nzere Master of Arts na Mahadum New York na 1947. Ọtụtụ iri afọ ka e ịhụ, ọ chetara njụ ọnụ, "Ka ọ na-erule oge ị rutere New York, ike ike gị, n'ezie egwu ike ịgba ndị Pullman. Nnukwu mba a nabatara nke ahụ n'ezie. [1] A nabatara ya na Maryland Bar na 1953. [2]
Mgbe ọ na-agba ọsọ nzere ya, Lee gara n'ihu na-ahụ n'akwụkwọ mgbasa na eze Baltimore. Ọ muka ọrụ dị ka onye isi nke Henry H. Garnett Elementary School site na 1947 ruo 1964, na-mpress n'ebe ahụ mgbe ọ nwetara akara akara ugo, iwu ma nabata ya na ọkàiwu. Dị ka onye ọka iwu, ọ na-eduzi na ikpe ụlọ.[1] N'afọ 1950, onye isi obodo Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. ngosi ya na Baltimore Housing and Urban Renewal Commission, ebe ọ na-amụ maka ụlọ dị ọnụ ala maka ndị isi ojii obodo ahụ. O mechara ọrụ na Maryland Advisory Council for Higher Education dị ka onye Gọvanọ J. Millard Tawes nchọpụta.[3]
N'afọ 1966, a mgbaàmà ya ka ọ bụrụ onye akụkụ steeti steeti. Ọ gbara ọsọ na ikpo okwu na-aga n'ihu ma họpụta ya na Nọvemba ahụ. Lee nọchitere anya mpaghara iwu nke anọ nke Baltimore (nke 44 ugbu a) site na 1967 ruo 1982. [1] N'ime afọ iri na isii osisi na Maryland House of Delegates, a mara ya maka ịwakpo ihe ọ weere dị ka " egwuregwu". Ọ Chardra Orchard Street Church nke ihe mere eme site na ihe, nyere aka mee ka Mahadum Morgan State ikike, ma kwado maka ikike nke ndị nkuzi, ụmụ anụmanụ, na eserese.[2] Oyere Maryland Legislative Black Caucus na 1970. [1] N'ajụjụ a gbara ya n'afọ 1996 na Crisis, ọ chetara, "Ọ dị mkpa ịbịakọta ọnụ. A ka mkpa ma anyị nyere anyị. ya M na-eche mgbe niile ebe anyị na-aga. "[4]
N'afọ 1971, Lee ụfọdụ aro "Ụkpụrụ Iwu Nweghachi Allọmdi na Nwunye," nke ga-enye ndị bi na Maryland nhọrọ ịkagbu ma ọ bụ imezi-ịchọ na nri ha kwa awụ atọ. Iwu ahụ ikike nlebara anya mba, Lee gosikwara na Merv Griffin Show na Today Show. Ọ bụ ebe na iwu ahụ agafeghị, Lee nyere aka mee ka Maryland nabata ịgba egwu na-ahụ mmejọ[3]
Lee natara ihe nrite onye isi ala site na National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education na 1988. A nabatara na Maryland Women's Hall of Fame na 1989. [1] N'afọ 1995, ọ natara Distinguished Jurist Award site na National Bar Association ma tinye ya na National Bar Association Hall of Fame . [2] E gosiri ya na 2000 Women of Achievement, Bicentennial Issue of Who's Who in America, Who's Who of Women, Black America, International Biography, na Women of Achyevement in Maryland History..[2]
N'anyị Disemba afọ 2005, ụlọ omebe iwu nke United States ịmụ aha post ikike dị na 1826 Pennsylvania Avenue na Baltimore, iji sọpụrụ Lee. Onye anya Ịlaịja Cummings akwụkwọ iwu ahụ, onye nyere Lee otuto maka izi ya na ike ndị.[1] Lee gara emume nraranye na June 2006. [4]
A na-echekwa akwụkwọ ya na Thurgood Marshall Law Library na Mahadum Maryland School of Law . [3]
N'afọ 1937 ọ lụrụ Robert Lee, onye ọchụnta ego Baltimore.[4] Di ya nwụrụ n'ihe dị ka afọ 1965.[5]
Mgbe ọ hapụ ọrụ nsogbu na eze, Lee na-arụsi ọrụ ike n'ọtụtụ òtù obodo na-eme, ime Monumental City Bar Association, Maryland League of Women's Clubs, DuBois Circle, Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church, Herbert M. Frisby Historical Society , na Madison Park Improvement Association. [1] Ọ nwụrụ n'ime iri abụọ na anọ n'afọ Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2006, n'ihe ya dị na Baltimore.[5]
