Ndaba buhlungu kakhulu xa ndeva ngokusweleka koHloniphekileyo uRonald V. Dellums ovela kwiSithili seSibhozo seCongress eKhalifoniya. Ndandidla ngokumazisa ngolo hlobo kuba wayengumntu ophakame gqitha endandimthanda gqitha. Ngenene, ndandimgqala njengomntu ozithembayo, iqabane emzabalazweni nomhlobo.
URon Dellums wayenguMzalwana oMbi, emde, emhle, ekhaliphile, ebaleka, ekrelekrele, ezimisele, enesazela, enobubele kwaye esisithethi esiphum' izandla. Ewe, wayekuko konke oko ekukhonzeni abantu abaNtsundu, abangathathi ntweni, abahlelelekileyo nabacinezelekileyo kweli lizwe nakwihlabathi jikelele. Wayekuthanda kakhulu kwaye wayekonwabela ukusebenza ngombono wakhe awukhethileyo kunye nomsebenzi wakhe ebomini. Kwaye, wadlala ngothando olukhulu kunye nokunyaniseka okungaqhelekanga. Njengelungu eliseka iCongressional Black Caucus kunye nenkqubela phambili ehamba phambili kunye neCongressman John Conyers, uRon Dellums ngokukhawuleza wafumana isambatho "seSazela seNkongolo" ngokubiza kwakhe ngokuzingisileyo kuMalungu eNdlu ukuba athobele imigaqo yeNkongolo. Isibhengezo seNkululeko, uMgaqo-siseko, amaLungelo oLuntu kunye namaLungelo oLuntu.
Wayesoloko elumkisa malunga nobubi bomkhosi kunye nemveliso yezomkhosi, engayeki ebongoza oogxa bakhe ukuba baguqule inkcitho yasemkhosini ibe yityalo-mali yasekhaya, bajike "amakrele abe ngamakhuba" ukufezekisa "isabelo soxolo;" enye enokukhokelela kuluntu olunobulungisa, olunobuntu nolukhuselekileyo kunye nehlabathi! Kwaye, wayesoloko ekwenza ngobuchule obunjalo, isidima kunye nobabalo, kangangokuba wakhethwa ukuba akhonze njengoSihlalo weKomiti yeeNkonzo zesiXhobo seNdlu. U-Dellums wafumana indumiso nentlonipho kumacala omabini epaseji ngokulunga kwakhe kunye nokuzimisela ukuthethathethana ngendlela enemigaqo nepragmatic. Ndibe nenyhweba yokuba kwiChamber xa uMfanekiso wakhe wawutyhilwa kumsitho wokuhlonipha isikhundla sakhe njengoSihlalo weKomiti.
URon Dellums wayeyintshatsheli yomzabalazo wenkululeko e-Afrika: iGuinea Bissau kunye neCape Verde, i-Angola, iMozambique, iZimbabwe, iNamibia kunye noMzantsi Afrika. Wayephakathi kwamawaka awathi aqhankqalaza ahlanganisana nge-25 kaMeyith, ngo-1972 kuSuku lweNkululeko ye-Afrika yokuqala. Waba yintshatsheli yombutho iFree South Africa Movement, akaphelelanga nje ekubekeni isidima sakhe emgceni ukuba abanjwe kumzi wozakuzo woMzantsi Afrika eWashington, DC, kodwa esebenzisa umbono wakhe, ilizwi nobuchule bakhe ukuhlazisa iNkongolo yase-United States ekunyanzeliseni. Izohlwayo eMzantsi Afrika kwincopho yodumo lukaMongameli uRonald Reagan! UDellums wayengumkhuseli weminqweno yeNguquko yaseCuba kunye noRhulumente woGuquko lwaBantu baseGrenada; isimo esasisetyenziswa ngabagxeki bakhe ngokumtyhola ngokuba ngumkomanisi. Wayengonwabanga kwaye engatyhafi.
Obekekileyo uRonald V. Dellums wayenguMzalwana ombi! Wayengumntu oqhubelekayo ongaphumliyo nowayenomonde, engenamonde kwiplodding, indlela eyongezayo yeDemocratic Party. Ngomzuzu endingalibalekiyo ongene ezingqondweni zam, ndimkhumbula ekhwela iqonga kwiNgqungquthela yesiBini yeSizwe yezoPolitiko yabaNtsundu eLittle Rock Arkansas, ngo-1974 ukuze anike intetho epholisayo apho wabiza amagosa anyuliweyo, amatsha ntliziyo kunye nabaququzeleli abashiyekileyo. kwiNdibano yeSizwe yezoPolitiko yabaMnyama emva kweNkomfa yembali kaGary ka-1972 โYokumisa iNdlela eNgcono kakhuluโ kwindlela ephakathi/emodareyithayo yeQela leDemokhrasi kunye ne-reactionary conservatism ye-Republican Party! Ngaloo mzuzu wazimisa ngokucacileyo njengelizwi elihamba phambili elihamba phambili kwi-Black America; ilizwi abaza kuthi abagqugquzeli kunye nabaququzeleli kwi-NBPA balijonge ngokwandayo njengenkokeli enokubakho yombono wentshukumo yenkqubela phambili ekhokelwa ngabaMnyama.
Njengoko unyulo lukamongameli luka-1976 lwalusondela, kwakukho ukunganeliseki okuxhaphakileyo phakathi kwamatsha ntliziyo anenkqubela kunye โnokundithembaโ kwimiba yabaNtsundu isibheno kubantu base-Afrika baseMelika ngabo baza kuba ngabagqatswa abanjengoRhuluneli uJimmy Carter waseGeorgia. Bekukho ukudinwa kule ndlela kwesona siseko sithembekileyo nesithembekileyo seDemocratic Party. Utyekelo lwezopolitiko ezizimeleyo zabaMnyama, nkqu neqela lezopolitiko eliMnyama, belomelele ngaphakathi kwe-NBPA ukusukela kwiNgqungquthela kaGary. Ejongene nokungazinzi phakathi kwamatsha ntliziyo anenkqubela, uGqr. Ronald Walters, iNzululwazi yezoPolitiko eNtsundu yaseMelika eNtsundu, uMqalisi Sanyika, igqala lomzabalazo kwezentlalo/kwezopolitiko kunye noRon Daniels, uMongameli we-NBPA baye baqulunqa oko kwabizwa ngokuba โliQhinga lama-76.โ I-centerpiece yesi sicwangciso yayikukuqhuba i-African American evelele, eqhubela phambili kumongameli njengesithuthi sokwakha umbutho onamandla ozimeleyo, oqhubekayo, okhokelwa nguMnyama, wesithathu kwizopolitiko zaseMelika; umkhosi wesithathu onokuvuma abagqatswa baMaqela eDemokhrasi kunye neRiphabhlikhi kunye nokuxhasa okanye ukuqhuba abagqatswa abazimeleyo!
I-NBPA yamkele isindululo kwaye ichonge uSodolophu uRichard G. Hatcher, iCongressman John Conyers, uSenator kaRhulumente uJulian Bond kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo oHloniphekileyo uRonald V. Dellums njengabagqatswa abanakho. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, uDellums wayeyeyona nto ithandwayo kweli candelo. Kwaye, ngokusekwe kwiincoko zobuqu, abayili be-76 Strategy, kuquka uRon Daniels, babenesizathu sokukholelwa ukuba uDellums wayekulungele ukuthatha umngcipheko ukuze abeke enye indlela ebalulekileyo. Ilizwi le-76 yeQhinga kunye nethemba lokuba i-Dellums ingabaleka yayikhuthaza kakhulu phakathi kwamatsha ntliziyo anenkqubela. Uyilo olungekho sikweni lweDellums kuMongameli wentshukumo lwavela lwaphila malunga nomxholo othi, "Ukuya kwiHoop!" - ebethelele umnqweno onamandla wokuba iiDellums ziyithathe yonke indlela yokuya kwi-slam dunk! Ingxokozelo yokuba iDellums iyise kwihoop yanwenwa okomlilo wedobo kuMnyama waseMelika.
Ngo-1976 i-NBPA yenza buthathaka kukukreqa kwabo bonke kodwa amagosa ambalwa anyuliweyo (uRichard Hatcher, uNobhala kaRhulumente uHannah Atkins wase-Oklahoma kunye nommeli welizwe uLois DeBerry ovela eTennessee babephakathi kwabo baseleyo), babiza iNkomfa yeSizwe yeSizwe yezoPolitiko eCincinnati. , eOhio. Abaqulunqi beSicwangciso se-76 babenethemba lokuba iphulo elizimeleyo lika-Ron Dellums likamongameli liya kuvuselela i-NBPA kunye nokwakha amandla asebenzayo kunye abalulekileyo akhokelwa nguMnyama kwizopolitiko zaseMelika. Kodwa, ngaphandle komnqweno wakhe wokwamkela lo mceli mngeni, abacebisi balumkise uDellums ukuba ukuba uthe walandela olu hambo, uya kukhutshelwa ngaphandle ngokusisigxina kwaye ajongelwe phantsi kwi-Democratic Party, emenza angabi namandla okusebenzisa ilizwi lakhe ngokufanelekileyo kwelinye lamaziko asisiseko aseMelika ukulwela. utshintsho oluqhubekayo. Igosa elinyuliweyo eliMhlophe linokwenza olo gqatso lize ekugqibeleni lixolelwe, kodwa igosa elinyuliweyo eliNtsundu liya kuba โlibhola elimhlopheโ ngokusisigxina. UDellums wasithobela isiluleko somcebisi wakhe waza wathumela umyalezo wokuba wayeza kuza ngokwakhe eCincinnati ukuze adlulisele ilizwi kubathunywa.
Ngomnye umzuzu oya kuhlala uhleli ezingqondweni zam, uRonald V. Dellums odume ngokurhabaxa wacaphuka njengoko wayengena kwigumbi lebhola eliseNetherland Hilton eCincinnati ezele ngabathunywa abanobubele becula ngochulumanco besithi โTo the Hoop!โ UDellums wakhwela iPodium, waziqamba, wajonga kubaphulaphuli waza wavakalisa uthando lwakhe olunzulu noxabiso kubathunywa kunye nomsebenzi wobugorha we-NBPA. Abaphulaphuli bachukumiseka njengoko wayevakalisa esithi, โkodwa eli asiloxesha lam!โ Mhlawumbi, elinye ixesha kwixesha elizayo, kodwa iimeko zinjalo ukuba oku akusiyo ixesha. Kwaba ngathi amathemba kunye namaphupha ekamva le-NBPA atshitshiswa ngaloo mzuzu.
Nangona kunjalo, uthando lukaDellums lwabonakala njengoko abaphulaphuli baqhwaba ngentswahla yezandla nangona kunjalo, bambulisa kwaye bamanga njengoko wayephuma eqongeni ebuyela egumbini lakhe. URon Dellums wayenesidima kunye nesidima sokuza phambi kwabaphulaphuli abalindele kakhulu kwaye abajonge/thina ebusweni kwaye ahambise umyalezo ngokwakhe. Olu yayiluphawu lwale ndoda ikhaliphileyo nenemigaqo nengqibelelo.
Ekuqukunjelweni kwale seshoni inzima abaququzeleli balila njengoko / sijongana neemvakalelo zelo xesha libalulekileyo kunye neziphumo zayo kwi-NBPA. Kwiminyaka emine kamva I-NBPA yayiza kuhlanganisana eNew Orleans apho kwagqitywa khona ukulichitha elo qumrhu kunye nokudala into eyayiza kuba yi-National Black Independent Political Party (NBIPP).
Obekekileyo uRonald V. Dellums wenze isigqibo esichanekileyo. Abacebisi bakhe bebenyanisile. Obekulindelwe kuye ngekungazange kufezeke ukuba wayesamkele umnqweno wokuqhubela phambili noncomekayo, oneenjongo ezintle kodwa ezinciphile iintsalela zemikhosi eyayihlanganisene kuGary eyayithembele kwiDellums yePhulo likaMongameli lokuphefumla ubomi obutsha. kwintlangano. UDellums ngekhe aphakame abe nguSihlalo weKomiti yeeNkonzo zesiXhoba seNdlu, eququzelele ukunyanzeliswa kwezohlwayo eMzantsi Afrika, walwela unobangela weCuba kunye neGrenada ukusuka kwindawo ephezulu kwaye wavela njengesazela seNkongolo ukuba ubambe umzuzu Cincinnati.
URon Dellums wayenguMzalwana ombi. Ndimkhumbula kakuhle esiza eYoungstown, eOhio ukuza kuxhasa iphulo lam elizimeleyo likaSodolophu ngo-1977, iintetho zakhe kwizahluko ze-NBPA kwilizwe jikelele. Ngezo zihlandlo, emva kokuba egqibile ukuncoma abaphulaphuli ngokuthatha iifoto kunye nokutyikitya ii-autographs, besiya kuba ukuze sixoxe ngesicwangciso sezopolitiko kwaye sicinge ukuba kuya kuthetha ntoni na ukwakha amandla okwenza enye into ebalulekileyo. Nanini na uDamu Smith okanye uMqalisi kaSanyika sasiye sinyuke siye eCapitol Hill, simise ngaseofisini kaDellum siyojonga noCarlotta Scott, uBarbara Lee, uJohnny Apperson noCharles Stephenson mhlawumbi besiya kukhwaza uCongress. Kwakufana nokuba kunye nentsapho, intsapho enenkqubela.
Obekekileyo uRonald V. Dellums osuka kwi-8th ISithili seCongressional sasinokukhethwa kwakhona ixesha elide njengoko wayezimisele ukuqhuba. Kodwa, wakhetha ukujikela iintambo kuMhlonitshwa uBarbara Lee, othe wavela njengeSazela seNkongolo. UDellums wahlala emlo, ekugqibeleni wabuyela e-Oakland ukuze onyulwe njengoSodolophu weSixeko kunye nendawo awayeyithanda kakhulu. Uphinde wasebenza njengoSihlalo we-Constituency for Africa (CFA) iminyaka emininzi, encedisa uMel Foote ekwakheni umbutho owomeleleyo oxhasa i-motherland. Ngokwenene, kwakukwiForam yePolisi yeCFA Ron Brown yoNyaka ukuba ndagqibela phambi koHloniphekileyo uRonald V. Dellums. Wayesengumntu olawulayo. Abantu basathontelana ukuya kwicala lakhe kwiifoto-ops kunye ne-autographs, besazi kakuhle ukuba babemi kunye nenye yeenkokeli ezidumileyo zeli xesha, isigebenga somntu. URon Dellums wayenguMzalwana ombi!
UGqr. Ron Daniels nguMongameli weZiko leHlabathi eliMnyama 21st Inkulungwane kunye noMhlohli oBalulekileyo uEmeritus, kwiKholeji yaseYork kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York. Amanqaku akhe kunye nezincoko zivela kwiwebhusayithi ye-IBW www.ibw21.org kwaye www.northstarnews.com. Umboniso wakhe weveki kanomathotholo, Indawo yeVantage inokuviwa ngoMvulo 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM kwi-WBAI, 99.5 FM, Pacifica eNew York, isasaza ngqo nge WBAI.org. Ukuthumela umyalezo, ukulungiselela udliwano-ndlebe lwemidiya okanye uthethathethwano lokuthetha, uGqr Daniels unokufumaneka nge-imeyile [imeyile ikhuselwe]
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