OXFORD, Mofumahatsana. - Motsoalle oa ka oa khale Ray Smithhart a ka be a ratile ho ts'oana ha moetsi oa mekhatlo ea ntoa Nissan a etsa mpho ea $ 100,000 ho Medgar le Myrlie Evers Institute.
O ne a tsejoa lilemong tsa hae tsa morao e le "mookameli oa bahlophisi ba basebetsi ba Mississippi," Smithhart o sebelitse haufi-ufi le moshoela-tumelo oa litokelo tsa sechaba Medgar Evers ho elella bofelong ba lilemo tsa bo-1950 le mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1960, a theha kamano pakeng tsa mekhatlo ea basebetsi le litokelo tsa botho eo Martin Luther King Jr. ka boeena a e boneng. e le senotlolo sa bokamoso ba bobeli.
"Medgar Evers o ile a mpolella hore ke monna oa pele e mosoeu ea kileng a bua le eena," Smithhart o ile a mpolella nakong ea lipuisano selemo pele a hlokahala a le lilemo li 88 ka 2005. "Re ne re e-na le likamano tse ntle."
Ke kahoo e tlamehang ebe o a bososela leholimong. Nissan, e kopaneng lefats'eng ka bophara empa e loants'a kopano ea bonngoe setsing sa eona sa Canton, Mofumahatsana, e fane ka monehelo oa eona ho Setsi sa Evers khoeling e fetileng. "Mokhatlo ona o bua ka le ho sheba thuto ea bacha, ho fapana, le poelano ea merabe, 'me ke lintho tse tšoanang le tseo Nissan e li shebang,"' muelli oa Nissan Jeffrey Webster o itse.
Haeba Smithhart a ne a phela kajeno, mohlomong a ka kopa Nissan ho sheba ka botebo litumelo tsa Medgar Evers. "Batho bohle ba hloka litokelo tsa bona tsa botho, haholo-holo batho ba sebetsang," ho boletse Smithhart, ea neng a sebeletsa e le mopresidente oa United Rubber Workers sebakeng seo le mongoli-ramatlotlo oa naha ea AFL-CIO.
Mississippi le naha li tšoaea 50th sehopotso sa polao ea Evers ka letoto le lelelele la liteboho ho moitseki le mongoli oa lefapha la Mississippi NAACP. Evers o ile a bolaoa ka pel'a ntlo ea hae e Jackson, Mofumahatsana, ka June 12, 1963. Liketsahalo li kenyelletsa mokete oa selemo le selemo oa Medgar Evers Dinner ho Jackson khoeling e tlang. Har'a ba teng e tla ba setšoantšisi sa Hollywood le moitseki oa basebetsi Danny Glover, motšehetsi ea matla oa boiteko ba mekhatlo ea Nissan.
"Ke nahana ka Medgar Evers," Glover o boletse sebokeng sa basebetsi ba pro-union Nissan Phupu e fetileng. "O ne a le lilemo li 37 feela ha a hlokahala. Medgar Evers o ne a tla be a le teng mona a u tšehetsa."
Batšehetsi, baetapele ba sechaba le United Auto Workers ba ntse ba haha ts'ehetso ho etsa hore Nissan e lumelle likhetho tse hlokang toka bakeng sa basebetsi ba 5,000 femeng ea eona ea Canton. Basebetsi ba re k'hamphani e se e ntse e etsa lets'olo le matla le khahlanong le mekhatlo ka har'a polante e kenyelletsang kopano ea motho a le mong le batsamaisi, livideo le litšokelo tsa ho koaloa ha limela le ho lelekoa ha basebetsi haeba basebetsi ba khetha ho kenela mokhatlo.
Mookameli oa Nissan Carlos Ghosn o hanyetsa kopano ea mekhatlo ea mekhatlo ea limela tsa k'hamphani e Mississippi le Tennessee le hoja basebetsi ba eona likarolong tse ling tsa lefats'e ba kopane haholo.
UAW e nkile pale ea Canton lefatšeng. Ho 'nile ha tšoaroa likopano Atlanta, New York, Detroit, le ho ea fihla Brazil. Makholo a ile a tla kopanong ea evangeli Kolecheng ea Tougaloo ka Pherekhong e neng e bontša Glover hammoho le letoto la baboleli, baithuti, baitseki le basebetsi.
Mpho ea $100,000 ho Setsi sa Evers e kanna ea ba sesupo sa hore Nissan e utloa khatello. Khampani e boetse e phatlalalitse chelete ea thuto ea $ 500,000 ho Setereke sa Sekolo sa Sechaba sa Canton. Nissan e tlalehile $84.4 bilione ka lekeno la kakaretso le $4.37 bilione phaellong ea ts'ebetso bakeng sa likhoeli tse robong tse qetellang ka Tšitoe 2012.
Leha ho le joalo lintho ha li ntle bakeng sa likamano tsa Nissan le batho ba bangata ba Canton ba batšo. Boiteko ba baetsi ba molao ba mmuso ba ho ts'ehetsa morero oa katoloso ea semela sa liranta tse limilione tse 100 le leano la ts'ehetso ea barekisi Seterekeng sa Madison se behile baetapele ba lipolotiki ba lehae, ba ntseng ba le khahlanong le thibelo e tšehelitsoeng ke mmuso khahlano le Canton ho hapa semela.
Lichelete tsa lichelete tsa Nissan, leha li ka amoheloa, ha li bue letho ka taba ea bohlokoa ea litokelo tsa basebetsi, ka boeona e le taba ea litokelo tsa botho.
Evers o shoele molemong oa litokelo tseo. Smithhart le eena o ne a le ka pele, a kopanya liliba tsa metsi, a hatella baetapele ba Jackson ho hira mapolesa a batho ba batšo. Ka 1962, li-goons li ile tsa thunya li-pellets tse 200 koloing ea Smithhart haufi le Ripley. Mookameli oa mapolesa oa Port Gibson o ile a mo bolella "ha ho motho ea tla utloa" ho eena hape haeba a sa tlohe motseng.
"Nke ke ka lumella mabotho a khahlanong le mokhatlo hore a ntšose," ho boletse Smithhart. Ke ile ka ema ke tiile, 'me ha baa ka ba e rata.
Claude Ramsay, mopresidente oa naha oa AFL-CIO ka nako eo le motsoalle e mong oa Evers, o ile a mpolella sena puisanong ea 1981: “Ba ne ba ntetsetsa ’me ba ntšosa. ke ile ka ba bolella hore ke tla nka bonyane tse peli tsa tsona le ’na.”
Mokgatlo wa basebetsi "o fetotse mahlomola le ho nyahama ho ba tshepo le tsoelopele," Martin Luther King Jr. o kile a rialo. "Mekhoa e 'meli ea tokoloho e matla ka ho fetisisa le e momahaneng ka har'a naha ke mokhatlo oa basebetsi le mokhatlo oa tokoloho oa Negro."
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