Thelma Dewitty

**Thelma Dewitty** (1912–1977) ita ce Ba’amurke ta farko da ta fara koyarwa a Makarantun Jama'a na Seattle, Seattle, Washington, US. Ta kuma kasance mai aiki a cikin NAACP, tana aiki a matsayin shugabar reshen Seattle a ƙarshen 1950s.   

## Ayyuka
An haifi *Dewitty a Beaumont*, Texas . Ta fara aikinta a matsayin malamin makaranta a Corpus Christi, Texas a 1933. Ta sami digiri na farko a Kwalejin Wiley da ke Marshall, Texas, a 1941 kuma ta koma koyarwa a ƙasarta ta Beaumont a 1942. 

A lokacin rani na shekara ta 1947, tana halartar makarantar digiri a Jami'ar Washington kuma tana rubuta littafin lissafi ga yara. Mijinta yana aiki a Seattle a lokacin, kuma tana fatan za ta iya ci gaba da zama a matsayin malami. Seattle Urban League, NAACP, Civic Unity Committee, da Christian Friends for Racial Equality duk sun karfafa tsarin makarantar don karya shingen launi ta hanyar hayar da ita. Duk da haka, wasu daga cikin iyalan Afirka na Seattle da aka kafa na dogon lokaci ba su da farin ciki da ganin wannan rawar da ta dace ta tafi ga baƙo.

Ayyukanta na farko na koyarwa a Seattle ya kasance a Makarantar Frank B. Cooper . Shugaban makarantar Lester Roblee ya gaya wa malamai cewa duk wanda bai gamsu da koyarwa a fannin da ke da malamin baƙar fata ba zai iya canzawa zuwa wata makaranta. Babu wanda ya karɓi tayin. Wata uwa ta ki amincewa da samun ɗanta a cikin aji na Dewitty kuma ta nemi a cire yaron; Roblee ta ki amincewar.

Hadin gwiwar Dewitty ya fara ba kawai saboda tseren ta ba, amma saboda ita mace ce mai aure. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, Hukumar Makarantar Seattle ta kwantar da hankali kan dokar da ta gabata game da malamai mata masu aure. A ƙarshe an kawar da mulkin a 1947, shekarar da aka hayar Dewitty. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan an hayar Dewitty, an hayar mace ta Afirka ta biyu, Marita Johnson, don koyar da Ayyukan Gida a Makarantar Fasaha ta Broadway-Edison,  (wanda ya riga ya zama Kwalejin Jama'a ta Tsakiya ta Seattle).

Daga 1947 har zuwa lokacin da ta yi ritaya a 1973, Dewitty ta koyar a makarantu da yawa na Seattle. Bayan Makarantar Cooper, ta koyar a makarantar firamare ta John Hay (1953-55), Laurelhurst (1955-56), da Sandpoint (1956-58) kuma a ƙarshe a makarantar sakandare ta Meany Junior (1958-1973). A Laurelhurst, tana da alhakin samun nasarar kalubalantar al'adun makaranta da yawa, gami da kujerun da aka ba su a cikin ɗakin malamai, da kuma tsarin da ya dace don rarraba kayan makaranta.

Baya ga aiki a matsayin malami da aiki tare da NAACP, Dewitty ya yi aiki a Hukumar Jihar Washington ta Tsayayya da Nuna Bambanci (WSBAD) da kuma Kwamitin Masu Kula da Wasanni na Seattle da King County.

## Dewitty da Makarantar Cooper
Dewitty yana da alaƙa sosai da Makarantar Frank B. Cooper . Lokacin da aka ba tsohuwar makarantar Cooper matsayin alama ta birni, gaskiyar cewa shi ne inda Dewitty ya fara koyarwa a Seattle yana daya daga cikin manyan dalilan da aka ambata don ba shi wannan matsayi. Hakazalika, tattaunawar makarantar a shafin National Park Service game da makarantar a matsayin shafin a kan National Register of Historic Places yafi game da Dewitty.

Tsohon ginin makarantar yanzu shine Cibiyar Al'adu ta Youngstown kuma yana da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Thelma Dewitty .

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