Joyce Hamilton Berry

**Joyce Hamilton Berry** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1937), masanin ilimin halayyar dan adam ne na Amurka tare da aikinta a yankin Washington DC. Ta girma a lokacin wariyar launin fata, ta halarci makarantar digiri a lokacin da aka yi amfani da Movement of Civil Rights, kuma ta zama mace ta farko ta Afirka da ta sami Ph.D. daga Jami'ar Kentucky a shekarar 1970. Ta auri David Berry, wanda shi ma daga Kentucky ne.

Ta kasance mai ba da gudummawa na yau da kullun ga mujallu da yawa kamar *Ebony*, Essence, da Cover Girl . Berry ya kuma bayyana a cikin The Geraldo Rivera Show don ba da shawara da shawara.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haife ta Joyce Hamilton a 1937 a Lexington, Kentucky, ta girma a cikin abin da yanzu ake kira Martin Luther King Jr. unguwar. Kakanta, Charles Hamilton, ya mallaki nasa ƙasar a tsakiyar Kentucky. Mahaifinta mai aski ne wanda ke da shagon Sterling Barber a kan titin Deweese, kuma mahaifiyarta mai kula da gida ce. Ta girma a cikin gidan mallakar mahaifinta a 260 East 4th Street .  Tana da babban himma don ilmantarwa kuma ta kasance fitacciyar daliba a Makarantar sakandare ta Paul Laurence Dunbar (Lexington, Kentucky) , ta kammala karatu tun tana 'yar shekara goma sha biyar. Iyayensu sun karfafa mata da dan uwanta suyi aiki tuƙuru a makaranta, amma dalilin da ya sa ta yi nasara ya fito ne daga babbar al'ummar Afirka ta Amirka. Manyan jaridu biyu na Lexington a lokacin (*Herald* da Leader)  sun buga Launi sashi da ake kira "Colored News and Notes". Wannan sashi ya ambaci labarai da ayyukan da suka dace da al'ummar Black na yankin, gami da rawar girmamawa daga makarantar sakandare. Lokacin da Joyce ta kasa yin girmamawa a cikin semester daya, ta tuna cewa kowane makwabci a cikin al'ummarta ya tambaye ta game da shi. Ba ta son fuskantar irin wannan yanayin a nan gaba, ta yi aiki tuƙuru a makaranta kuma ba ta sake rasa girmamawa ba.

## Tasiri
Mahaifiyarta da mahaifinta sun ƙarfafa ta halarci Cibiyar Hampton maimakon Jami'ar Howard. An yanke shawarar zama malami ne bayan tattaunawa mai tsawo tare da iyayenta. John Smith, Ba'amurke na farko da ya sami Ph.D. daga Jami'ar Kentucky, shi ne malaminta na Turanci a makarantar sakandare ta Dunbar, kuma yana da tasiri sosai a kan burinta na ilimi. Har ila yau, tana da babban amincewa da kanta wanda iyayenta suka koya. A wani lokaci yayin da take neman shiga zanga-zangar kare hakkin bil'adama game da rarrabe wuraren jama'a a cikin garin Lexington, Kentucky, mahaifinta ya tambaye ta dalilin da ya sa take so ta je wani wuri kuma ta kashe kudinta inda ba a maraba da ita ba. Wannan ya sa ta yi jinkiri game da shiga cikin zanga-zangar jama'a a cikin shekarun 1960, amma bai hana ta tsayawa mai karfi ga 'Yancin jama'a na' yan Afirka ba.

## Ilimi
Ta halarci Cibiyar Hampton, yanzu Jami'ar Hampton, kuma ta kammala karatu a matsayin babbar Turanci. A Virginia, ta fara fuskantar wariyar launin fata a kan sikelin da ya fi girma. Ba kamar garinsu na Lexington ba, Kentucky, bas din sun kasance masu rarrabe, tare da baƙi suna biyan kuɗi a gaba, sannan suyi tafiya zuwa baya don shiga. Ba ta sake hawa bas din a Virginia ba bayan wannan lamarin na farko. Bayan kammala karatunta daga Hampton, ta koma gida ta koyar da makaranta a Lancaster, Kentucky, da kuma Makarantar Sakandare ta Dunbar kafin ta halarci makarantar digiri a Jami'ar Kentucky a shekarar 1962. Ta sami digiri na biyu a shekara ta 1964, sannan ta ci gaba a shekara ta 1970 ta zama mace ta farko ta Afirka da ta sami Ph.D. a cikin Psychology daga Jami'ar Kentucky . Ta yi aiki a takaice a bangaren koyarwa a Jami'ar Jihar Kentucky kafin ta koma Columbia, Maryland .

## Gudummawa ga al'ummarta
Berry ta yi wa al'ummarta hidima ta hanyoyi da yawa a lokacin Yunkurin Kare Hakkin Bil'adama . Ta kasance memba na Congress of Racial Equality da Urban League .  Kwarewarta a matsayin dalibi mai digiri a Jami'ar Kentucky kuma daga baya a matsayin ma'aikaciyar ayyukan zamantakewa ta kai ta ga yin magana akai-akai game da nuna bambanci bisa ga tserenta da jinsi. Ta kasance memba na Lexington-Fayette County Merger Commission a farkon shekarun 1970s wanda ya kafa Gwamnatin Lexington Fayette Urban County .A ƙarshen 1970s, Berry ta koma Columbia, Maryland (wanda ke tsakiyar Baltimore, Maryland da Washington, DC), don yin aiki tare da gwamnatin tarayya. Bayan 'yan shekaru, ta fara aikinta na ilimin halayyar dan adam (a Washington, DC). A yau, ta ci gaba da rayuwa da aiki a yankin DC ta ƙware a cikin aure, iyali da batutuwan dangantaka.

## Manazarta