Virginia Ali

Virginia Ali ( née Rollins ; an haife ta a ranar 17 ga Disamba, 1933) wata ƴar kasuwa ce ƴar Amurka wanda aka san ta da haɗin gwiwar kafa Ben's Chili Bowl a Washington, DC.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Ali a ranar 17 ga Disamba, 1933, kuma asalinta ɗan Afirka-Amurka ce kuma ƴar asalin ƙasar Amurka .  Ta girma ne a karkarar Virginia kuma ta yi karatu a tsarin makaranta daban-daban.  Ta ƙaura tare da iyalinta zuwa Washington, DC, a shekarun 1950.  name="Foster" 

 Sana'a 
Bayan ta koma Washington, Ali ta yi aiki a matsayin mai karɓar kuɗi a Bankin Masana'antu, wani kamfani mai tarihi mallakar Baƙar fata .  A can ne ta haɗu da mijinta Ben Ali lokacin da ya ziyarci bankin don ya saka kuɗi daga wani gidan cin abinci na gida inda yake aiki.  name="Adkins" 

Ali da Ben sun buɗe Ben's Chili Bowl a titin U a Washington, DC, a ranar 22 ga Agusta, 1958.   name="TurningBack"> Shahararrun masu nishadantarwa sun ziyarci gidan cin abinci na iyali, a tsakiyar unguwar Shaw . Gidan cin abincin ya zama wurin da ake yawan taruwa da daddare ga mutane kamar Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington da Redd Foxx .  Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson, da Stokely Carmichael galibi suna cin abinci tare a Chili Bowl. 

A lokacin tarzomar da aka yi a Washington, DC a shekarar 1968 bayan mutuwar King, Ali ya ci gaba da buɗe Chili Bowl bisa buƙatar Stokely Carmichael . 

Ali ya yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na kungiyoyi da dama, ciki har da For Love of Children. 

 Lambobin yabo da girmamawa 
An shigar da Ali da mijinta cikin DC Hall of Fame a shekarar 2002. "Ben's Chili Bowl Virginia Ali | Q&A | Where are the Black Chefs?". Where are the Black Chefs? | PBS. Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-08-12. Ita da Ben sun karɓi Key to the City daga magajin gari Adrian Fenty don girmama bikin cika shekaru 50 na gidan abincin a shekarar 2008. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Virginia da Ben Ali sun yi aure a ranar 10 ga Oktoba, 1958; tare suka haifi 'ya'ya maza uku. Kowanne daga cikin 'ya'yansu an ba shi sunan tsakiya Ben idan sun karɓi gidan abincin. Daga ƙarshe dukkansu ukun suka shiga cikin gudanar da gidan abincin bayan mutuwar Ben.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1933