Tina Allen

**Tina Allen** (December 9, 1949 - Septemba 9, 2008) bụ onye ọkpụ America ama ama maka ihe ncheta ya nye ndị America ama ama Africa, gụnyere Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, na George Washington Carver .

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Allen Tina Powell na Hempstead, New York na 1949 ka nna Gordon "Specs" Powell, onye na-akụ jazz nke na-egwuri egwu na Ed Sullivan Show band, na Grenada mụrụ Rosecleer Powell.  Nne ya bụ onye edemede na nọọsụ, na otu n'ime nwanne nna Allen bụ onye na-ese ihe. Allen malitere eserese na 5 afọ; Ka ọ na-erule mgbe ọ dị afọ 10, ọ na-edobe ngwa ngwa ya ka ọ na-ese onyinyo oke osimiri nke Grenada, West Indies ebe o biri ruo mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ụma.  Nne na nna Allen gbara alụkwaghịm mgbe ọ ka dị obere. Ya na nne ya biri afọ anọ. Mgbe ya na nne ya bi na New York obodo, ọ zutere onye na-ese ihe aha ya bụ William Zorach bụ onye mechara bụrụ onye ndụmọdụ ya. 

Allen bụ nwa nka nke malitere ịkpụ akpụ mgbe ọ dị afọ 13, mgbe e kenyere ya ka ọ rụọ ntụ ntụ ma kee bọs nke Aristotle.  Onye Lithuania-American onye na-akpụ akpụ bụ William Zorach nyere ya ndụmọdụ onye kwupụtara na ya dị oke egwu.  O nwetara nzere bachelọ nke ọmarịcha nka na Mahadum South Alabama na 1978.  Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na School of Visual Arts na Manhattan wee nata Masters ya na Pratt Institute . 

Ndị mmadụ kọwara nka ya dị ka akụkọ ihe mere eme na ọla kọpa n'ihi na ọ na-elekwasị anya mgbe niile na ndị isi akụkọ ihe mere eme ojii dị mkpa ma na-achọ igosipụta ha site na ọkpụkpụ.  Allen na-elekwasịkarị anya na Harlem Renaissance. O nwekwara oge ọrụ ya na-elekwasị anya kpọmkwem na ụmụ nwoke ojii wee tụgharịa mmasị ya na ụmụ nwanyị ojii. 

Mgbe mahadum gasịrị, ọ wepụtara onwe ya maka AmeriCorps VISTA na ọtụtụ afọ kwadoro ihe ngosi telivishọn mpaghara na nka na Mobile, Alabama. 

## Ọrụ
Ọrụ mbụ Allen rụrụ bụ ihe akpụrụ akpụ ọla n’ụkwụ itoolu nke A. Philip Randolph, onye isi otu ụmụnna nke ndị na-ebu ụgbọ ala na-ehi ụra . Enyere ya na 1986, a na-egosipụta mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ n'ọdụ ụgbọ oloko ụgbọ oloko Boston's Back Bay ma gosipụta ya na okporo ụzọ Heritage Women's Boston . 

N'ime iri afọ abụọ sochirinụ, Allen gara n'ihu na-emepụta ihe ọkpụkpụ nke ndị na-eme oji na-eme ihe ngosi n'ọha ọha. A na-anakọtakwa ọrụ ya site na ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbe ochie, ụlọ ọrụ na ndị na-anakọta onwe ya.  N'ịkọwa mkpali ya, o kwuru na N'ajụjụ ọnụ, "Ọrụ m abụghị banyere m, ọ bụ banyere anyị."  Ọ bụghị naanị na ọrụ ya na-arụ ọrụ iji mesie onyinye na ọchịchọ nke African Diaspora kamakwa ọ na-arụ ọrụ iji mepụta "ọdịdị ọdịdị anya nke na-azụlite na ndụ na-akwado ndị nwere agba" na-eme ememe ịma mma nke ndị Africa America. 

Otu n'ime ọrụ ya kacha mara amara bụ ihe oyiyi ọla dị n'ụkwụ 13 nke Alex Haley, nke etinyere na Haley Heritage Square Park na Knoxville, Tennessee na 1998.   Ihe oyiyi ya nke George Washington Carver bụ ebe a na-ahụ anya nke Ogige George Washington Carver na ogige Botanical Missouri na St. Louis.  E gosipụtara ihe ncheta ọla ya dị ụkwụ 12 na Sojourner Truth na Memorial Park Battle Creek, Michigan .   Akara ya nke Frederick Douglass na-egosi na Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ; E gosipụtara ya na ihe nkiri na fim *Akeelah na Bee* .   Ọ bụ akụkụ nke mkpokọta na-adịgide adịgide na Schomburg Center for Black Culture na ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Africa-American na Long Island, New York.  Allen rụpụtakwara ihe nrite ọla maka ihe nrite Women of Essence, nke na-asọpụrụ ụmụ nwanyị ojii maka mmezu na mmezu pụtara ìhè kwa afọ.  Isiokwu ndị ọzọ gụnyere Ralph Bunche, Sammy Davis Jr., Charles R. Drew, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., Betty Shabazz, Tupac Shakur,  Nat King Cole, James Baldwin, na Dorothy Dandridge . 

## Ndụ onwe onye
Allen lụrụ ugboro abụọ ma mụọ ụmụ atọ, Koryan, Josephine, na Tara. Ọ nwụrụ n'ihi nkụchi obi n'ihi nsogbu nke oyi baa na Los Angeles na Septemba 9, 2008. 

## Ntụaka
Akeelah na Bee .   Ọ bụ akụkụ nke mkpokọta na-adịgide adịgide na Schomburg Center for Black Culture na ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Africa-American na mkpa ma na-achọ igosipụta ha site na ọkpụkpụ.  Allen na-elekwasịkarị anya na Harlem Long Island, New York.  Allen

## Ọgụgụ ọzọ

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## Njikọ mpụga

* Ihe oyiyi nke A. Philip Randolph, Back Bay Station, Boston
* Ihe oyiyi nke George Washington Carver, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
* Ncheta Eziokwu Eziokwu, Ogige Ncheta, Battle Creek, Michigan