Ua iho mai nā kāmeʻa TV a me nā mea kaulana ma luna o Selma i ka pule i hala iho nei no ka makahiki 50 o ka pūʻulu kaulana o nā huakaʻi pono kīvila ʻaneʻi.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka nānā a me nā kiʻi pūnaewele i kālele i ka Alahaka ʻo Edmund Pettus, ke kahua hōʻailona o ka hakakā "Bloody Sunday" ma Malaki 7, 1965 ma waena o nā mea hōʻikeʻike a me nā luna o Alabama i kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ke kākoʻo aupuni no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke Kānāwai Pono Voting.
Akā ʻaʻole ʻo Selma he kahua hoʻomanaʻo wale nō: He kūlanakauhale paʻakikī, ka hapa nui o ka ʻeleʻele e hōʻoluʻolu ai i ka hoʻoilina hakakā o ka 1960s civil rights movement.
I ka hopena o ka makahiki 1800, ʻo Dallas County kahi i kū ai ʻo Selma wahi ʻehā-waiwai loa o ka ʻāina — waiwai i hauʻoli wale ʻia e nā elite keʻokeʻo. I kēia lā, loaʻa i ke kalana ka helu ilihune kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka mokuʻāina, kokoke i 37 pakeneka, ka hōʻailona o nā hakakā e hoʻomau nei ma ka Hema. Māhele ʻeleʻele.
Eia kekahi mau poʻe a me nā wahi aʻu i hālāwai ai i ka wā e ʻimi ana iā Selma a me nā wahi a puni ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia i ka ʻike maka o ke kūlana o nā mea he 50 mau makahiki ma hope.
SELMA COUNTRY CLUB: Puʻuhonua keʻokeʻo wale nō?
I ka makahiki 1965, he hapa keokeo paha o Selma; i kēia lā ʻo 18 wale nō ka pakeneka o na kamaaina. Nui nā keʻokeʻo waiwai e noho kokoke ana i ka Kalapu Lahui Selma, aia ma ke komohana o ke kaona a me ka Edmund Pettus Bridge. Moʻolelo Gay o The New York Times hoʻomanaʻo e nānā ana i nā lālā hui o ka ʻāina i ka "hiss at the television" i nā huakaʻi i ka makahiki 1965. I koʻu kipa ʻana, ua keʻokeʻo nā mea a pau ma ka pā. Ua hōʻike ka Los Angeles Times i ka hui i kēia lā ʻaʻohe lālā ʻeleʻele hoʻokahi.
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL CIRCLE: ʻO ka makahiki ʻē aʻe o Selma
Ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alanui mai ka hui ʻāina ʻo Live Oak Cemetery, i māhele ʻia i nā ʻāpana "Old" a me "New". Ma ka Pōʻaono i kamaʻilio ai ʻo Pelekikena Obama ma Selma, ua loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mau kamaʻāina keʻokeʻo e hana ana ma ka Confederate Memorial Circle ma ka hale kupapaʻu kahiko. I ka makahiki 2012, hū nā kūʻē i ka wā i hoʻoneʻe ai ka poʻe keʻokeʻo i kahi kiʻi o ka lālā Confederate a me Klan Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest i ka paena; i kekahi manawa, ua ʻaihue ʻia ka pahu mai ke kiʻi o Forrest. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Todd Kiscaden, he lālā o Friends of Forrest e hana ana ma ka pūnaewele i koʻu hiki ʻana mai, ua haʻi mai iaʻu e hoʻopau ana lākou i kahi "hoʻoponopono nui" a lākou e manaʻo nei e e pau i ka Mei 2015, i ka manawa no ka makahiki 150 o ka Kaua o Selma. I koʻu kaʻa ʻana aku, ʻōlelo ʻo Kiscaden "E hoʻi mai i Mei a ʻike iā mākou!"
NĀ WAI O ALABAMA: He hoʻoilina ʻona
ʻO ka muliwai ʻo Alabama e holo ana ma lalo o ke alahaka ʻo Edmund Pettus. A hōʻike hou Ua loaʻa iā Alabama ke kolu o nā ala wai ʻawaʻawa ma ka ʻāina, me nā ʻāpana haʻahaʻa o Alabama. ʻO ka mea hana nui loa ma Dallas County ʻo ia ka International Paper Co.'s Riverdale Mill, kahi kūlana 21st ma ka mokuʻāina no nā hoʻokuʻu ʻona - ʻoi aku ma mua o 1.3 miliona paona i kēlā me kēia makahiki (ʻoiai ua paipai kekahi nā hana hoʻohaʻahaʻa pollution a ka hui). ʻO ka hoʻololi pōkole o ke kaiapuni no ka hoʻomohala hoʻokele waiwai e pili pinepine i nā kaiāulu ʻilihune a ʻeleʻele hoʻi: Aia ma ka ʻākau o Selma, ʻo Perry County ka hapa nui o ka ʻeleʻele - kahi e hoʻoikaika ai i nā kuleana kīwila kūloko. Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Jimmie Lee Jackson i ka makahiki 1965, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻāla ʻana i nā kūʻē Selma - lilo i wahi hoolei no ka lehu lanahu awaawa Ua kahe i ka makahiki 2009 ma Tennessee. ʻO ka ʻōpala ka pahuhopu o ka hoʻopiʻi pono kīvila.
LOWNDES COUNTY: Nā aʻa o ka Mana ʻEleʻele
Aia ma ka hikina hikina o Selma ke Kalana ʻo Lowndes, i ka makahiki 1965 81 pakeneka ʻeleʻele akā ʻaʻohe ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika i kākau inoa e koho balota (he 118 pakeneka ka inoa o ka poe koho keokeo). Ua hoʻohana nā lālā o ka Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee i ka Selma i Montgomery Malaki i kau i kahua no ka Hui Kūʻokoʻa o Lowndes County (LCFO), kahi koho ʻeleʻele i alakaʻi ʻia i ka Democratic Party i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia. Ua mālama ʻia nā mea hoʻonohonoho hoʻopaʻa inoa i kēlā me kēia lā ma Mt. Gillard Baptist Churchh mai ke Alanui 80 (kiʻi ʻia ma lalo) ma mua o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka LCFO "ku okoa ana House.” He moa ka mascot no ka aoao Demokarata keokeo; no kona hōʻailona ua lawe ka LCFO i kahi panther ʻeleʻele, e alakaʻi ana i ka hui e hoʻololi hope i kona inoa i ka Black Panther Party (kahi inoa ma hope i noi ʻia me ka ʻae ʻia e Huey Newton a me nā mea ʻē aʻe no ka hui ma Kaleponi o ka inoa like).
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