Ponsie Barclay Hillman

Ponsie Barclay Hillman (1918–2008)  ta kasance majagaba a cikin yancin ɗan adam, ƙungiyoyin mata da ƙwadago. Manufar rayuwarta ita ce ta gina haɗin gwiwa don yakar zalunci da ta gani a cikin al'umma. Ta kasance memba mai girman kai na ƙungiyoyin al'umma da yawa a cikin birnin New York, tushen gidanta sama da shekaru 45. A matsayin memba na NAACP na rayuwa; ta ci gaba da aiki a reshen Mid-Manhattan da New York da kuma a matakin jiha da na kasa, ta yi imani da ci gaban al'ummar Afirka-Amurka. A lokacin rani na 1963, ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin malamai 53 da suka jagoranci Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Makarantun Malamai ta Amirka, a gundumar Prince Edward, Virginia don raba makarantun gwamnati.

Koyaushe mai kishin al'umma ce mai himma, ta kuma yi maraba da surar Alumnae ta Arewa Manhattan, Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., da Tarayyar Malamai . Ƙaunar Hillman ga Harlem ta fito fili ta aikinta tare da Deltas, baƙar fata na tarihi. Ta kafa kwamitin ilimi na farko kuma ta zama shugabar kwamitin. Shekaru da yawa, a ranar Asabar, Hillman ya ba da jagoranci ga 'yan mata, yana ɗaukar su don duba abubuwan nuni a Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Liberty da sauran al'amuran al'adu a New Jersey da New York City. 

Baya ga aikinta na malami, farfesan lissafi na kwaleji, kuma mataimakiyar ma'ajin kungiyar malamai ta United Federation of Teachers, ta kasance mai saka hannun jari a Wall Street.

A ranar 17 ga Satumba, 2017, kusurwar arewa maso yammacin Columbus Avenue da West 71st an sake masa suna "Mrs. Ponsie B. Hillman Way". A wajen sanya mata suna a titi, an karanta wata sanarwa daga Barack Obama game da Hillman: "Muna tsaye a kan kafadun 'yan kato da gora wadanda suka taimaka wajen samar da cikakkiyar gamayya. Maza da mata ne suka kirkiri gadon mu da suka shirya, tayar da hankali da kuma neman sauyi, wadanda suka yi yaki don gina kasar da babu wani dan kasa mai daraja ta biyu, kuma ba a hana kowa hakkinsa."

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