Leon W. Russell

Leon W. Russell (an haife shi a shekara ta 1949/1950) shi ne shugaban kare hakkin bil'adama na Afirka da kuma mai kula da kare hakkin ɗan adam. An zaɓe shi don ya gaji Roslyn Brock a matsayin shugaban kungiyar National Association for the Advancement of Colored People a ranar 18 ga watan Fabrairu, 2017.

Leon W. Russell
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Leon W. Russell

Leon W. Russell

Sana'a

Russell ya shafe kusan shekaru arba'in a matsayin Daraktan Ofishin 'Yancin Ɗan Adam na gundumar Pinellas a Clearwater, Florida, yana yin ritaya a shekarar 2012. Don gudummawar da ya bayar don inganta daidaito da daidaito a duk faɗin Amurka, Russell ya sami lambobin yabo da yawa na jama'a.

NAACP

Russell ya shafe sama da shekaru arba'in a cikin ikon jagoranci daban-daban tare da NAACP. A ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa, NAACP ya ɗauki matakin shari'ar muhalli da yanayin a matsayin batutuwan fararen hula da 'yancin ɗan adam. A cikin shekarar 2023, Russell ya ba wa ɗan majalisa Bennie Thompson lambar yabo ta Hoton NAACP- Kyautar Shugaban. A cikin shekarar 2022, Russell ya ba Samuel L. Jackson lambar yabo ta hoto ta NAACP Kyautar Shugaban. A cikin shekarar 2021, Ya ba Rev. James Lawson lambar yabo ta hoto ta NAACP - Kyautar Shugaban. Russell ya ba da lambar yabo ta Hoton NAACP - Kyautar Shugaban ga ɗan majalisa John Lewis a cikin shekarar 2020. Russell ya yi imani da jin daɗin yaran Amurka, yana aiki a kan allo daban-daban don tabbatar da kare haƙƙinsu. Ya jagoranci kamfen tare da taimakon tsaffin shuwagabannin NAACP na ƙasa domin mayar da hankali wajen shigo da matasa cikin kungiyar domin sauya tunanin yadda mutane ke kallon NAACP. A matsayinsa na shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa na NAACP na ƙasa, Russell an ɗora wa alhakin tsara manufofi da Shugaban NAACP na ƙasa da Shugaba don aiwatarwa. Ya zayyana dabarun a shekarar 2017. Ya shafe lokaci a Ohio yana kira ga matasa su shiga cikin ƙungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a.