OXFORD, Miss. - Shamwari yangu yekare Ray Smithhart angadai akada kuseka kwemugadziri wemubatanidzwa-kurwisa Nissan achiita chipo chemadhora zana kuMedgar neMyrlie Evers Institute.
Achizivikanwa mumakore ake akazotevera se "mukuru wevarongi vevashandi veMississippi," Smithhart akashanda pamwe chete nemufiri wekodzero dzevanhu Medgar Evers mukupera kwema1950 nekutanga kwema1960, vachigadzira hukama pakati pemafambisirwo ekodzero dzevashandi nekodzero dzevanhu zvakaonekwa naMartin Luther King Jr. sekiyi yeramangwana rezvose zviri zviviri.
"Medgar Evers akandiudza kuti ndaive murungu wekutanga akambotaura naye," Smithhart akandiudza panguva yebvunzurudzo gore risati rafa pa88 muna 2005. "Taiva neukama hwakanaka."
Ndiko kusaka achifanira kunge achinyemwerera ari kudenga. Nissan, yakabatana pasirese asi ichirwira mubatanidzwa pachirimwa chayo muCanton, Miss., yakapa mupiro wayo kuEvers Institute mwedzi wapera. "Sangano iri rinotaura uye rinotarisa nezvedzidzo yevechidiki, kusiyana-siyana, nekuyananisa marudzi, uye ndizvo zvimwe chete zvinotariswa naNissan," mutauriri weNissan, Jeffrey Webster akadaro.
Dai Smithhart ari mupenyu nhasi, angadai akakumbira Nissan kuti atarise zvakadzama mukutenda kwaMedgar Evers. "Vanhu vese vanoda kodzero dzavo dzevanhu, kunyanya vanhu vanoshanda," akadaro Smithhart, akashanda semutungamiri weUnited Rubber Workers munharaunda uye munyori-mubati wehomwe yenyika AFL-CIO.
Mississippi uye nyika iri kumaka makumi mashanuth mhemberero yekuuraya kwaEvers nerurefu rwemutero kune anonoka activist uye munyori wemunda weMississippi NAACP. Evers akaurayiwa pamberi pemba yake muJackson, Miss., musi waChikumi 12, 1963. Zviitiko zvinosanganisira Medgar Evers Dinner yegore negore muJackson mwedzi unouya. Pakati peavo varipo pachava nemutambi weHollywood uye murwiri wezvevashandi Danny Glover, mutsigiri anonzwika wemubatanidzwa weNissan.
"Ini ndinofunga nezveMedgar Evers," Glover akadaro pamusangano wevashandi veNissan veNissan muna Chikunguru apfuura. "Aingova nemakore 37 paakafa. Medgar Evers angadai ari kunze kuno achikutsigira."
Varatidziri, vatungamiriri venharaunda neUnited Auto Workers vanga vachivaka rutsigiro kuti Nissan ibvumidze sarudzo dzakachena dzevashandi zviuru zvishanu pachirimwa chayo cheCanton. Vashandi vanoti kambani iyi yave kutoita chirongwa chakasimba chekurwisa mubatanidzwa mukati mechirimwa icho chinosanganisira misangano yemunhu mumwe chete nemamaneja, mavhidhiyo uye kutyisidzira kwekuvharwa kwezvirimwa uye kudzingwa kana vashandi vakasarudza kupinda mumubatanidzwa.
Mukuru weNissan Carlos Ghosn akapokana nemubatanidzwa pazvidyarwa zvekambani iyi muMississippi neTennessee kunyangwe vashandi vayo kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzepasi vakanyanya kubatana.
Iyo UAW yaendesa nyaya yeCanton kupasi rose. Misangano yakaitwa muAtlanta, New York, Detroit, uye kure seBrazil. Mazana akauya kumusangano wezveevhangeri paTougaloo College muna Ndira wairatidza Glover pamwe neruzhinji rwevaparidzi, vadzidzi, varatidziri, nevashandi.
Iyo $100,000 chipo kuEvers Institute inogona kunge iri chiratidzo chekuti Nissan iri kunzwa kudzvanywa. Iyo kambani zvakare nguva pfupi yadarika yakazivisa mari yedzidzo yemadhora mazana mashanu ezviuru kuCanton Public School District. Nissan yakashuma $500,000 bhiriyoni mumari inowanikwa uye $84.4 bhiriyoni mupurofiti yekushandisa kwemwedzi mipfumbamwe inopera muna Zvita 4.37.
Zvakadaro zvinhu hazvisi zvese zvakanaka pahukama hwaNissan neakanyanya dema Canton. Kuedza kwakaitwa nevamiriri vemitemo yenyika kutsigira madhora zana emamiriyoni ekuwedzera kwechirimwa uye chirongwa chekutsigira vatengesi muMadison County kwakaisa vatungamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika venzvimbo iyi, avo vachiri kurambidzwa nehurumende kurambidza Canton kutora chirimwa ichi.
Mapepa emari eNissan, anogamuchirwa sezvaangave, haatauri chinhu pamusoro pemubvunzo unokosha wekodzero dzevashandi, iyo pachayo inyaya yekodzero dzevanhu.
Evers akafa achirwira kodzero idzodzo. Smithhart, zvakare, aive pamberi, achibatanidza zvitubu zvemvura, achimanikidza vatungamiriri vaJackson kuti vatore mapurisa evatema. Muna 1962, goons akapfura mazana maviri pellets mumotokari yaSmithhart pedyo neRipley. Mukuru wemapurisa wePort Gibson akamuudza kuti "hapana aizonzwa" kubva kwaari zvakare kana akasabva muguta.
"Handingaregi mauto anopikisa mubatanidzwa achindityisidzira," Smithhart akadaro. "Ndakamira zvangu, uye havana kuzvifarira."
Claude Ramsay, purezidhendi weAFL-CIO wehurumende panguva iyoyo nomumwe musonganiri weEvers, akandiudza ikoku mukati mebvunzurudzo ya1981: โVaindifonera ndokundityisidzira. ndakavaudza kuti ndichaenda navo kana vaviri."
Bato revashandi "rakashandura nhamo nekupererwa kuita tariro nekufambira mberi," Martin Luther King Jr. akambotaura. "Masimba maviri akasimba uye akabatana akasununguka munyika ibato revashandi uye Negro rusununguko."
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