Xernona Clayton
ụdịekere | nwanyị |
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mba o sị | Njikota Obodo Amerika |
aha ezinụlọ ya | Clayton |
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 30 Ọgọọst 1930 |
Ebe ọmụmụ | Muskogee |
Dị/nwunye | Paul L. Brady |
ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye ntaakụkọ |
ebe agụmakwụkwọ | Tennessee State University, University of Chicago |
Ebe obibi | Atlanta |
agbụrụ | Ndi Afrika nke Amerika |
Onye òtù nke | Alpha Kappa Alpha |
Ihe nrite | National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame |
Xernona Clayton Brady (née Brewster, amụrụ n'August 30, 1930) bụ onye isi ikike obodo Amerika na onye isi mgbasa ozi. N'oge Civil Rights Movement, ọ rụrụ ọrụ maka National Urban League na Southern Christian Leadership Conference, ebe ọ banyere n'ọrụ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mgbe e mesịrị, Clayton banyere na telivishọn, ebe ọ ghọrọ onye Afrika Amerika mbụ si n'ebe ndịda United Steeti iji kwado Ihe ngosi okwu kwa ụbọchị. Ọ ghọrọ osote onye isi oche ụlọ ọrụ maka Mgbasa ozi Turner . [1]
Clayton mepụtara Trumpet Foundation . [2] O nyere aka na mmepe nke Oruuru obodo mba ụwa bụ Walk of Fame nke ntọala ahụ mepụtara iji sọpụrụ ihe ndị Afrịka Amerika na ndị na-akwado ikike obodo.[3] O mere ka nnukwu dragọn nke Ku Klux Klan kwenye ịkatọ Klan.[4] National Association for the Advancement of Colored People na obodo Atlanta sọpụrụ Clayton maka ọrụ ya.
Oge ọ malitere
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Xernona na ejima ya Xenobia na Muskogee, Oklahoma, ụmụ nwanyị Reverend James na Elliott (Lillie) Brewster. Nne na nna ya bụ ndị nchịkwa nke ihe omume India na Muskogee, Oklahoma. Na 1952, Clayton nwetara akara ugo mmụta mahadum ya na nsọpụrụ site na Tennessee Steeti Agricultural and Industrial College na Nashville, Tennessee. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na egwu ma mechaa gụọ akwụkwọ. Na Tennessee Steeti, Clayton ghọrọ onye otu Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.[5] Ọ bụ onye Baptist.[6] Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Chicago .
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Clayton malitere ọrụ ya na Civil Rights Movement na National Urban Njikọ na Chicago, na arụ ọrụ na nzuzo iji nyochaa Ịkpa ókè agbụrụ nke ndị were mmadụ n'ọrụ mere megide ndị Afrika Amerika. Clayton kwagara Atlanta na 1965, ebe ọ haziri ihe omume maka Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), n'okpuru nduzi nke Martin Luther King Jr. Ọ zụlitere ọbụbụenyi miri emi na nwunye Dr. King, Coretta Scott King.[1] Clayton na Scott King gara njem nleta. Ọ bụ ezie na Clayton esoghị King gaa, na ekwu na egwu nke ijide ya, Clayton nyere aka ịhazi njem King.
N'afọ 1966, Clayton haziri Kọmitii Ndị Dọkịta maka Mmejuputa, otu ndị dọkịta Afrika Amerika na-arụ ọrụ ma nweta nkewa nke ụlọ ọgwụ Atlanta niile. Kọmitii ndị dọkịta jere ozi dị ka ihe nlereanya maka iwepụ ịkpa ókè n'ụlọ ọgwụ mba niile, Òtù Ahụike Mba kwanyeere ya ùgwù.[5]
Clayton wee duzie mmemme Atlanta Model Cities, otu gọọmentị etiti na enye ego iji melite ogo nke mpaghara ndị a na ekewaghị. Clayton zutere Calvin Craig, Grand Dragon nke Georgia Ku Klux Klan, site na mmemme Model Cities, dịka Craig jere ozi n'ọnọdụ iwu na nzukọ ahụ. Craig kwuru banyere mmetụta Clayton mgbe o kpebiri ịkatọ Klan n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1968. [6]
In 1967, Clayton became the first Southern Afrikan Amerikan to host a daily prime time talk show. The show was broadcast on WAGA-TV in Atlanta and was renamed, The Xernona Clayton Show. Clayton joined Turner Broadcasting in 1979 as a producer of documentary specials. In the 1980s, she served as director of public relations for Turner Broadcasting. In 1988, Turner Broadcasting promoted Clayton to corporate vice president for urban affairs, assigning her to direct Turner projects and serve as a liaison between Turner Broadcasting and civic groups in Atlanta and throughout the country.[5] Clayton retired from Turner Broadcasting in 1997, choosing to call the retirement a "professional transition".[7]
Clayton na-eje ozi na bọọdụ ndị nduzi nke King Center for Non-violent Social Change . [8] Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Board of Review maka Ngalaba Ọrụ nke Georgia. [9] N'afọ 1991, o bipụtara akụkọ ndụ onwe onye, Anọ m na-eme njem oge niile, aha sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke King. Akwụkwọ ahụ lekwasịrị anya na ndụ ya na echiche ya banyere Civil Rights Movement.[10]
N'afọ 1993, Clayton, ya na Mgbasa ozi Turner, mepụtara Trumpet Awards iji sọpụrụ ihe ndị Afrịka Amerịka rụzuru. [5][11] Ọ na-eje ozi dị ka onyeisi oche, onye isi oche, na onye isi oche nke Trumpet Awards Foundation nke e guzobere na ngwụcha afọ 2004. [1] [12] Na mbido afọ 2004, Clayton mepụtaraOruuru obodo mba ụwa bụ Walk of Fame . [13]
Ndụ onwe onye
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Clayton bụ onye otu Ebenezer Baptist Church, ebe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bụ pastọ.[5]
Clayton lụrụ Ed Clayton (onye ya na Dr. King rụkwara ọrụ) [5] site na 1957 ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 1966. O so dee mbipụta e dezigharịrị nke akụkọ ndụ di ya nwụrụ anwụ nke Martin Luther King Jr. nke akpọrọ The Peaceful Warrior .
Mgbe di mbụ ya nwụsịrị, Clayton lụrụ Paul L. Brady, onye Afrika Amerika mbụ a họpụtara dị ka onye ọka ikpe Iwu nchịkwa Federal, [14] na 1974.[10] Brady na Clayton nwere ụmụ abụọ site na alụmdi na nwunye Brady gara aga, Laura na Paul Jr.[11]
Nsọpụrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]TSU sọpụrụ Clayton na Blue and White All-Star Academy Awards na 2005. A gbakwunyere akara ụkwụ Clayton na Oruuru obodo mba ụwa bụ Walk of Fame na 2006. Na Mee 1, 2011, Clayton natara James Weldon Johnson Ihe nrite Mmeri Ndụ site na alaka Detroit nke National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). [15] Ọ natara onyinye Ihe nrite ọrụ obodo site na Spelman College na 2004.
Na Septemba 2011, Atlanta City Council gbanwere aha okporo ámá na ogige na Hardy Ivy Park na etiti Atlanta iji sọpụrụ Clayton. [16] Na njikọ aka na National Newspaper Publishers Association, AFC Ụlọ ọrụ Foundation na enye Xernona Clayton Black Press Scholarship kwa afọ nke ruru $ 10,000 maka nwa akwụkwọ na achụso nzere doctoral na journalism. Ụlọ ọrụ Mattel Toy mepụtara nwa bebi "Xernona Clayton Barbie" iji sọpụrụ ya na 2004.
A sọpụrụ Xernona Clayton n'ụwa niile maka ntinye aka ya na mmadụ, nke gụnyere: Ụmụ nwanyị Bronze nke Afọ maka Mmekọrịta Mmadụ, 1969; Nturu ugo Nwanyị Nkwukọrịta Ozi nke Mmeri nke Isi Atlanta nke Ụmụ nwanyị America na Redio na Television, 1984–85; Ihe nrite mmemme ihe onyonyo kacha elu nke Iota Phi Lambda sorority, 1971; ịbụ onye a kpọrọ aha otu n'ime ụmụ nwanyị kacha emetụta Georgia na 1984 na Black Georgian nke afọ 1984; etinyere ya na Nduzi Atlanta, Ụlọ Azụmahịa Atlanta, 1971; akpọrọ Bethune-Tubman Nwanyị nke Afọ Award, Chicago, 1985; akpọrọ Nwanyị nke Afọ site na Black Women Hall of Fame foundation, 1985; Ihe nrite Kizzy 1979; Onyinye enyemaka mmadụ, Hillside International Truth Center, 1986; Nwanyị ojii mbụ nwetara onyinye nturu ugo Trailblazer site n'aka Greater Atlanta Club Business na Nwanyị Ọkachamara; akpọrọ otu n'ime ndị isi 100 Black Business na ndị inyom ọkachamara site na Dollar na Sense Magazine, 1985; ịbụ otu n'ime ndị na-asọpụrụ Atlanta asaa maka ihe nrite Black Achievers site na Equitable, 1986; na-abanye na Academy of Women Achievers site na YWCA, 1986; Onyinye nzikọrịta ozi sitere n’aka OICs nke America, 1986; Onyinye mmụọ nke America nke United States Air Force Recruiting Service, 1987; na ịnata ihe nrite Onye isi ala site na National Conference of Mayors, 1983.[17]
N'ụbọchị ụmụ nwanyị mba ụwa n'afọ 2023, Obodo Atlanta kpughere ihe oyiyi Clayton n'ọma ahịa a na akpọkwa ya na West Peachtree Okporo ụzọ. Ebe dị n'etiti obodo Atlanta bụ ihe nnọchianya maka Clayton, ebe ọ bụ na a "chụpụrụ ya na họtel" [18] n'okporo ámá n'oge Civil Rights Movement. [19]
Akwụkwọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Clayton (1991). I've Been Marching All The Time. Longview. ISBN 0929264878.
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Scott (March 1987). "Atlanta's First TV Host Blazes Trails for Blacks in Media". Taking Care of Business/Southern Exposure.
- ↑ The Trumpet Foundation. Retrieved on March 25, 2016.
- ↑ International Civil Rights Walk of Fame. Retrieved on March 25, 2016.
- ↑ Peterson. "Essence Woman: Xernona Clayton", March 25, 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Trumpet Awards founder Xernona Clayton to keynote MLK Kick Off – St. Louis American: Local News. Stlamerican.com (December 10, 2012). Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Thomas Jr. (April 24, 1998). Calvin F. Craig, 64, Enigma In Klan and Civil Rights Work. Retrieved on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
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- ↑ The Savannah Tribune Salutes Black History Month | www.savannahtribune.com. Savannah Tribune. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ The Albany Herald – Google News Archive Search
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 NewsBank for AJC | www.ajc.com. Nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Published: December 12, 1999 (December 12, 1999). Paul Sullivan and Laura Brady. The New York Times. Retrieved on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Crider (December 25, 2012). Marshals Museum fundraising passes $10M mark. SFGate. Retrieved on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ The Tuscaloosa News – Google News Archive Search
- ↑ Press Release 97-2, Judge Paul L. Brady Retires From Job Safety Commission. Oshrc.gov. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ The Pasadena / San Gabrial Valley Journal News – Xernona Clayton Receives NAACP Honor :: African American News from your Black Newspapers The Pasadena / San Gabrial Valley Journal ::. Pasadenajournal.com (April 19, 2011). Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Atlanta Honors Xernona Clayton With a Street and Park Plaza Designation | www.savannahtribune.com. Savannah Tribune (September 28, 2011). Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.", Biological Sketch of Xernona Clayton, June 1987.
- ↑ Civil rights activist, broadcast pioneer receives statue in downtown Atlanta (en). WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta (2023-03-08). Retrieved on 2023-03-09.
- ↑ Suggs. "Xernona Clayton statue unveiled in downtown Atlanta plaza", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved on 2023-03-09. (in English)