Kyamarar TV da mashahurai sun sauko akan Selma a cikin makon da ya gabata don bikin cika shekaru 50 na shahararrun jerin zanga-zangar kare hakkin jama'a nan.
Yawancin hankali da fim ɗin cibiyar sadarwa sun mayar da hankali kan Edmund Pettus Bridge, wurin da aka fi sani da rikicin "Lahadi na Jini" a ranar 7 ga Maris, 1965 tsakanin masu zanga-zangar da jami'an Alabama wadanda suka taimaka wajen samar da goyon bayan kasa don amincewa da Dokar 'Yancin Zabe.
Amma Selma ba wurin tunawa ba ne kawai: birni ne mai gwagwarmaya, mafi yawan baƙar fata wanda ke kawo babban taimako ga rikice-rikice na ƙungiyoyin 'yancin ɗan adam na 1960.
A ƙarshen 1800s, gundumar Dallas inda Selma take shine yanki na hudu mafi arziki a kasar - arzikin da farar fata ke cin moriyarsa. A yau karamar hukumar ce ke da mafi girman talauci a jihar, kusan kashi 37 cikin XNUMX, alamar gwagwarmayar da ake fama da ita a Kudu. Yankin Black Belt.
Ga wasu mutane da wuraren da na ci karo da su yayin da nake binciken Selma da kewaye waɗanda ba su cikin taswirar kafofin watsa labarai amma waɗanda ke ba da hangen nesa game da yanayin abubuwa bayan shekaru 50:
KUNGIYAR KASAR SELMA: Mafaka ne kawai ga farar fata?
A cikin 1965, Selma ta kasance kusan rabin fari; yau kawai 18 bisa dari na mazauna ne. Yawancin fararen fata masu wadata suna zaune kusa da Ƙungiyar Ƙasar Selma, Wanda ke yamma da tsakiyar gari da gadar Edmund Pettus. Gay Talese na Jaridar New York Times yana tunawa kallon ’yan kulob na ƙasar “nasa a talbijin” a lokacin tattakin da aka yi a shekara ta 1965. Sa’ad da na ziyarta, kowa da ke filin wasa farare ne. Jaridar Los Angeles Times ta ruwaito cewa kulob din a yau bashi da memba baki daya.
DA'IRIN TUNAWA DA CONFEDERATE: Selma sauran ranar tunawa
A gefen titi daga kulob din kasar akwai makabartar Live Oak, wanda aka raba zuwa sassan "Tsohon" da "Sabon". A ranar Asabar da Shugaba Obama ya yi magana a Selma, na tarar da fararen fata da yawa suna aiki a wurin taron tunawa da Confederate Memorial Circle a tsohuwar makabarta. A shekarar 2012, zanga-zangar ta barke lokacin da fata suka motsa wani mutum-mutumi na Confederate da Klan memba Janar Nathan Bedford Forrest zuwa shafin; a wani lokaci an sace fatun daga jikin mutum-mutumi na Forrest. Todd Kiscaden, memba na Abokan Forrest da ke aiki a wurin lokacin da na isa, ya gaya mani cewa suna kammala wani "babban gyare-gyare" da suke so. karshen watan Mayu 2015, a lokacin bikin cika shekaru 150 na Yaƙin Selma. Yayin da na tafi, Kiscaden ya ce "Dawo a watan Mayu ku gan mu!"
HANYAN RUWA ALABAMA: Gado mai guba
Yin birgima a ƙarƙashin gadar Edmund Pettus shine Kogin Alabama. A rahoton kwanan nan ya sami Alabama yana da hanyoyin ruwa na uku mafi guba a cikin ƙasar, gami da ƙananan sassan Alabama. Babban ma'aikaci a gundumar Dallas shine International Paper Co.'s Riverdale Mill, wanda yana matsayi na 21 a jihar don sakewa mai guba - fiye da fam miliyan 1.3 a shekara (ko da yake wasu sun yaba yunƙurin rage gurɓatar da kamfani). Canje-canjen yanayi na ci gaban tattalin arziki yawanci yakan fi shafar talakawa da baƙar fata: A arewacin Selma, gundumar Perry mai rinjaye - inda mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a na gida. An kashe Jimmie Lee Jackson a 1965, taimakawa tada fitinar Selma - ya zama wurin zubar da tokar gawayi mai guba a cikin 2009 a Tennessee. Juji shine manufa na korafin hakkin jama'a.
LOWNDES COUNTY: Tushen Black Power
Gabashin Selma shine gundumar Lowndes, wanda a cikin 1965 ya kasance Kashi 81 cikin XNUMX bakar fata amma ba su da wani Ba-Amurke da ya yi rajistar kada kuri'a (fararen rajistar masu jefa ƙuri'a ya yi ƙaurin suna da kashi 118 cikin ɗari). Membobin Kwamitin Haɗin Kai na Student sun yi amfani da Selma zuwa Montgomery Maris zuwa ya shimfiɗa tushe don Ƙungiyar 'Yanci na County Lowndes (LCFO), madadin da baƙar fata ke jagoranta zuwa jam'iyyar Dimokraɗiyya mai rarrafe. Masu shirya taron da aka gudanar Rijistar masu jefa ƙuri'a na yau da kullun a Mt. Gillard Baptist Churchh kashe Highway 80 (hoton da ke ƙasa) kafin kafa LCFO"Freedom House.” Mascot ga farar jam'iyyar Democrat shine zakara; don alamarta LCFO ta karɓi baƙar fata, wanda ya jagoranci ƙungiyar zuwa ƙarshe canza suna zuwa Black Panther Party (sunan da aka aro daga baya tare da izini daga Huey Newton da sauransu ga ƙungiyar a California mai suna).
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