Masvondo mashoma apfuura ndakaita Pilgrimage yangu yegore negore kuSelma, Alabama yeBridge Crossing Jubilee inorangarira "Ropa reSvondo," chiitiko apo vanorwira kodzero dzevanhu uye vagari vane hanya vakatanga kuedza kufora kubva kuSelma kuenda kuMontgomery munaKurume we1965 kukumbira kudzorerwa. yekodzero yekuvhota. Vamwe 600 vaifora vakarohwa zvakaipisisa, vakatsikwa-tsikwa uye vakadzoserwa kumashure nemapurisa eHurumende apo vaitsvaga kuyambuka Edmund Pettis Bridge. Zviratidziro zvevaratidziri vane runyararo vakarohwa zvakaipisisa nevamiriri vehurumende vakapika kuvadzivirira vakapfurwa nenyika yese nepasirese, zvinoonekwa nemamirioni avanhu - zvichimutsa tsitsi, tsitsi uye kutsamwa. Masvondo mashoma gare gare, Martin Luther King, John Lewis pamwe neruzhinji rwevatungamiriri nevaratidziri kubva kuSouthern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) nemamwe masangano mazhinji vaizobudirira kutungamira zviuru zvevanhu vaifora vachiyambuka Bridge. parwendo rwunonetesa asi rwekukunda kuenda kumatanho eGuta guru muMontgomery!
Svondo ine ropa uye yakazobudirira Kurume kubva kuSelma kuenda kuMontgomery yaive shanduko mukutsvaga kwevanhu vasina kupihwa mvumo, vanotyisidzirwa uye vakasarirwa kuti vawanezve kodzero yekuvhota uye kufora mumabhokisi ekuvhota kusimudzira nekuchengetedza zvavanoda sevanhu uye vagari venzvimbo iyi. rudzi. Mumwedzi mishoma, Mutungamiri Lyndon Baines Johnson vaizosaina Mutemo weKodzero dzeKuvhota wa1965, uyo waipa huwandu hwedziviriro yemubatanidzwa kune veAfrica America uye ani nani aitsvaga kushandisa mvumo mumatunhu aive nenhoroondo yekushandisa nzira dzakasiyana siyana kunyima vanhu kodzero. kuvhota.
Kukunda kwakauya nemutengo wakaipisisa. Muna 1963, kuMississippi, Medgar Evers akapfurwa munzira yake muguta reJackson. Munguva yeMississippi Freedom Zhizha ra1964, Schwerner, Goodman naCheney, maJuda maviri nemuAfrica wekuAmerica, vakauraiwa vakavigwa muguva risina kudzika muNeshoba County. Mumwedzi inotungamira kuSelma kuenda kuMontgomery Kurume, Rev. CT Vivian, mubatsiri waDr. King, akarohwa pamatanho ehofisi yeRegistrar nemukurumbira waSheriff Jim Clarke. Jimmy Lee Jackson akabhadhara mutengo paakakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa, achinetseka kuchengetedza nhengo dzemhuri kubva kumhomho yeWhite muMarion County, Alabama. Rufu rwake rwakanga rwumwe rwe "zviito zvisingashiviriri" zvakagonesa vanakomana nevanasikana veAfrica kubva kuBlack Belt kuti vaifanira kuKurume kuenda kuMontgomery kunokumbira kodzero yekuvhota. James Reeb, Gurukota reWhite Unitarian kubva kuBoston, akanyombwa akanzi "nigger lover" uye akaputirwa kufa neboka reVarume veWhite muSelma. NeSvondo ine Ropa, John Lewis akatambura ingangove yakaguma hupenyu sezvo vaMarchers vakanzwa kutsemuka kwekirabhu yeState Trooper's Billy ichidonha kubva mumusoro make. Mai Amelia Boynton, zvino vava nemakore 102, vakatsikwa-tsikwa nemabhiza ndokusiiwa vachifunga kuti vafa pabhiriji. Uye, zvinosuruvarisa, Viola Liuzzo, White autoworker kubva kuDetroit, akapondwa nemagandanga eWhite paakadzora vafambi kudzokera kuSelma mushure memusangano mukuru pamatanho eGuta rakapera Kurume wechipiri nekukunda kuMontgomery. Aya angori mashoma emagamba nemagamba atinoziva - asi mauto evatema vasina kudomwa mazita (uye mune dzimwe nguva vatsigiri vavo Vachena) vakanyadziswa, vachitya uye vachitya chinyararire uye nenyota yakawandisa uye vachirwira hukama hwekutanga mudunhu nenyika, vakakodza basa ramadzitateguru avo akanga ari muuranda.
Chirangaridzo chegore rino muSelma chakaitwa nechimbichimbi nokuti nharo dzokupikisa Chikamu 5 cheMutemo Wekodzero Dzekuvhota dzakanzwikwa neDare Repamusorosoro reUnited States vhiki yapfuura. Kazhinji inotsanangurwa se "guts" yeVoting Rights Act, Chikamu 5 chinoda kuti shanduko mumatanho ane chekuita nekuvhota munzvimbo dzakavharwa dzinofanira "kumbocheneswa" neDhipatimendi reJustice dzisati dzatanga kushanda. Ndosaka zvisingashamise kuti mhere mhere yehondo yakataurwa nekodzero dzevanhu, kutenda, vashandi nevatungamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika gore rino vaive "Chikamu 5 Chinofanira Kuramba Tiri Vapenyu" uye "Hatisi Kudzokera." Chokwadi, mukucherechedza kukosha kwenhoroondo uye kwazvino kweMutemo weKodzero dzeKuvhota uye nekutyisidzira Chikamu chechishanu, Mutungamiri Obama vakatumira Gweta Guru VaEric Holder neMutevedzeri weMutungamiriri, Joe Biden kuna Selma kuti varatidze rutsigiro rwehutongi. Munguva inotyisa zvikuru yeRally isati yayambuka Edmund Pettis Bridge, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri akakumbira ruregerero nokuda kwekusava muSelma muna 5. Akati, "Ndaifanira kunge ndiri pano." Congressman John Lewis akasimbisa dingindira rekuti "Hatisi Kudzokera." Uye, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson naRev. Al Sharpton vakateverawo vachidaidzira kuti vanhu vazadze majeri munyika yose kana Dare Repamusorosoro rikabvisa Chikamu chechishanu uye rikauraya Mutemo Wekodzero Yekuvhota.
Kunetseka kwakadzama kwembeu uye kutsamwa kwakarurama pamusoro petarisiro yekubviswa kweChikamu 5 zvakanyanya kurongeka. Zvisinei nekuti isu tine Mutungamiriri weAfrica America, rusaruraganda uye masimba ehutongi hwevachena ari mupenyu uye ari muAmerica. Icho chokwadi chekuti isu tine Mutungamiriri weVatema, zviuru zvevatema vakasarudzwa vatungamiriri uye nhamba dzisati dzamboonekwa dzevatema "vakabudirira" inoonekwa nevachena vanopindura sechiratidzo chekuti Mutemo Wekodzero Yekuvhota, Affirmative Action uye mamwe matanho ekodzero dzevanhu haashandi. Asi, kuzviongorora kuri nyore uku, kwekuzvitarisira kunoenderana neuchokwadi hwemaitiro nemaitiro erusarura anoramba achienderera mberi, kusanganisira kuedza nemaune kuderedza kana kuregeredza simba rekuvhota reVatema kuburikidza nekunyengera, mitemo yekuzivikanwa kwevavhoti uye mamwe maitiro anorambidza kunyoresa kuvhota uye nzira dzekuvhota. Uyezve, vazhinji veWhite America, kunyange vachena vane chinangwa chakanaka, vagara vaneta nekunzwa nezvedambudziko reVatema uye "kunyunyuta kwedu kwemarudzi." Uye, zvichikurudzirwa nemakakatanwa ekunyepedzera evatema vanopindura, vashoma vashoma veVachena vakanyengetedzwa kuti vatende kuti kana vatema vari kuomerwa nekubudirira munharaunda nhasi, imhaka yekukanganisa mutsika yevatema uye / kana kusada kwevanhu vatema kugamuchira. mutoro wega.
Kurwiswa kweMutemo weKodzero dzeKuvhota inongova muromo wechando. Mazano echipurisa ane rusarura senge "mira uye frisk" anonangana nevarume vechidiki vatema, kutariswa kwevatema kutenga zvikwereti zvine njodzi, mhirizhonga, hutsinye uye kusungwa kwevanhu vakawanda mu "rima ghettos" rekuAmerica rinoburitsa chokwadi chekuti rusarura uye hurongwa / masangano. rusaruraganda rinoramba riri zvipingamupinyi zvikuru kune nhamba huru yeVatema kuwana kururamisira kwechokwadi uye kuenzana muAmerica. Kurwiswa kweChikamu 5 cheMutemo weKodzero dzekuvhota kunofanirwa kutariswa sechiratidzo chekuedza kwakawanda kudzosa wachi pakufambira mberi kwenguva yekodzero dzevanhu kana izvo zvinganzi rudzi rwehutongi hwemagariro kuneta kwakatambura nekureva zvakanaka Vachena avo vakapusa. tenda kuti rusaruraganda chinhu chekare. Naizvozvo, kushushikana, kutya uye kushushikana kunoratidzwa muSelma gore rino kwaive/kwakakodzera. Tichifunga nezvechokwadi ichi, mubvunzo ndewekuti "kuchema kwehondo" kwakanzwika mukati mechaunga chakaungana pazasi peEdmund Pettis Bridge kuchatora chirevo chaicho kana kungove kutyisidzira kusina basa, rhetorical bombast, "matikiti emhumhi" izvo zvichange zvisina basa. maererano nekusembura rudzi rusaruraganda runotyisidzira kufambira mberi kweVatema? Mubvunzo ndewekuti zviuru nezviuru zvevatema nevanhu vane hana vachazadza majeri emunyika muno here kana Section 5 ikabviswa? Kana kuti tichatambura kunyadziswa uku, kudzoreredzwa kusingagamuchirwe kweromboโฆ. Norugare!
Dr. Ron Daniels ndiye Mutungamiriri weInstitute of the Black World 21st Century uye Anoremekedzwa Mudzidzisi paYork College City University yeNew York. Zvinyorwa zvake uye zvinyorwa zvinoonekwawo pawebhusaiti yeIBW www.ibw21.org uye www.northstarnews.com . Kutumira meseji, kuronga nhaurirano nevezvenhau kana kutaura kubatanidzwa, Dr. Daniels vanogona kusvikwa kuburikidza neemail pa [email inodzivirirwa].
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