Wayengubani uLem Tucker?
Context:ULemuel Tucker (May 26, 1938 <unk> March 2, 1991) wayengumlobi wezindaba waseMelika.  Wazalelwa eSaginaw, eMichigan, uTucker waphothula izifundo zakhe eCentral Michigan University ngo-1960.  UTucker wayengomunye wabantu bokuqala base-Afrika baseMelika abasebenza njengentatheli yenethiwekhi yethelevishini. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe ku-NBC ngo-1965 njengombhali wezindaba ezijwayelekile, futhi wasebenza njengomqondisi wezindaba eWOR-TV eNew York City kusukela ngo-1970 kuya ku-1971. Wathuthela e-ABC ngo-1972 nase-CBS ngo-1977, lapho asebenza khona waze washona.  Wathola ama-Emmy Awards amabili, futhi wafakwa ohlwini lwabaphikisi bezombangazwe bakaNixon ngenxa yokubika kwakhe.  Nakuba ukuphila kukaLem Tucker kwakukufushane, imisebenzi yakhe yayingalibaleki.  UTucker wayengumAfrika wokuqala waseMelika okhethwe esikhundleni sokuba ngumongameli womzimba wabafundi e-CMU. Lolo khetho lwenzeka ngesikhathi abafundi abamnyama bengamaphesenti angaphansi kwelilodwa. Ngaphambi kokukhethwa kwakhe, munye kuphela omunye umuntu wase-Afrika waseMelika owayekhethelwe isikhundla esifanayo e-United States. Ngesikhathi e-Central, uTucker wayebhekwa njengomunye wabafundi abahamba phambili kwezokwelapha ezingokomthetho. Wayengumongameli wesigaba sePi Kappa Delta, inhlangano kazwelonke yokuhlonipha inkulumo.  Wathola umklomelo wakhe wokuqala we-Emmy ngo-1979 ngenxa yokulandisa kwakhe ngeMelika yabamnyama futhi owesibili ngo-1983 ngenxa yochungechunge olumayelana nendlala eMelika. Ngenkathi esebenzela amanethiwekhi, wabika ngezehlakalo eziningi ezinkulu zezindaba, kufaka phakathi iMpi yaseVietnam, ukudubula kweKent State University kanye nenkinga yabathunjwa e-Iran. Wabika ngokungezwani emphakathini nemibhikisho eNewark, eMiami naseHarlem. Wabika nangomkhosi waseWoodstock. Ngo-1981, wayesexoxa ngenkulumo kaMongameli uRonald Reagan eWashington Hilton Hotel futhi wabona ukudubula kukamongameli. Wayesakaza imibiko ebukhoma emsakazweni i-CBS kungakapheli nemizuzu embalwa kwenzeke lesi sigameko. Wahalaliselwa ozakwabo kanye nabanye abezindaba ngokusakaza kwakhe okuqhubekayo nokuningiliziwe, akwenza kwaze kwaba sekuseni ngakusasa.  Ngesikhathi somsebenzi wakhe, uTucker wabuyela kaningi e-alma mater yakhe ukuyokhuluma nabafundi ngezombusazwe, abelane ngokucabanga ngokuphila kwasekolishi futhi anikeze ukuqonda ngomsebenzi wakhe njengombhali wenethiwekhi kazwelonke.  UTucker wayenomqondo omuhle wokuhlekisa. Enkulumweni ayinika umphakathi we-CMU ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, watshela izilaleli zakhe ukuthi wayejabule ukucelwa ukuba abuyele eyunivesithi, ngoba ngesikhathi sakhe njengomongameli womzimba wabafundi, "waphikisana kakhulu" nabaphathi. Wathi, "Yeka indlela okungavamile ngayo ukuba nginikezwe imakrofoni futhi ngimenywe ukuba ngikhulume eCMU. Manje ngisesiteji phambi kwabaphathi futhi ngishaywa ihlombe".  UTucker unendodakazi eyodwa, uLinn Carol Tucker.  Washona ngo-1991 ngenxa yokuhluleka ukusebenza kwesibindi.
ULemuel Tucker wayeyintatheli yaseMelika. Wazalelwa eSaginaw, eMichigan, uTucker waphothula izifundo zakhe eCentral Michigan University ngo-1960. UTucker wayengomunye wabantu bokuqala base-Afrika baseMelika abasebenza njengentatheli yenethiwekhi yethelevishini. Wathola umklomelo wakhe wokuqala we-Emmy ngo-1979 ngenxa yokulandisa kwakhe ngeMelika yabamnyama futhi owesibili ngo-1983 ngenxa yochungechunge olumayelana nendlala eMelika. Washona ngo-1991 ngenxa yokuhluleka ukusebenza kwesibindi.