Kwaqala ngokugibela isitimela. UBarack Obama wagibela waya Washington ngokugcotshwa kwakhe njengomongameli ohambweni lokumisa ikhwelo. "Ezinganeni ezizwa ukukhala kwesitimela futhi ziphuphe impilo engcono - yilokho esikulwelayo," kusho u-Obama kulolu hambo, oluqhathaniswe nohambo lwesitimela olwathathwa ngu-Abraham Lincoln waseSpringfield, Ill., waya eWashington ngoFebhuwari 1861, esendleleni eya ekugcotshweni kwakhe kokuqala. Ukuqhathanisa phakathi kuka-Obama noLincoln kuningi, kuchaza i-arc phakathi kokuqedwa kobugqila I-united states kanye nokukhethwa kukamongameli wokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika.
Isitimela sinomfanekiso ojulile, nokho, ogcizelela ukwenyukela kuka-Obama e-White House, ekhumbula emuva emzabalazweni wamalungelo abantu, okukhombisa ubushoshovu obungakaze bubonwe emazingeni aphansi obakha umnyombo womkhankaso ka-Obama kanye nokubeka lapho isizwe singaphansi kombuso ka-Obama. ingase ihambe.
A. Philip Randolph wayengumhleli wezabasebenzi owaziwayo futhi engumholi wamalungelo omphakathi. Uhlele i-Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, amadoda ayenakekela izivakashi ebusuku ezimotweni ezilalayo. Pullman eyakhelwe. Nakuba izikhundla zabathwali bempahla zazikhokha kangcono kunemisebenzi eminingi eyayitholakala kubantu base-Afrika baseMelika ngaleso sikhathi, kwakusekhona ukungabi nabulungisa nokungahloniphi. Umkhuba ovamile, isibonelo, kwakuwukubiza abathwali "George," kungakhathaliseki ukuthi igama labo langempela, kuthathwe kumnikazi wenkampani, uGeorge Pullman. Izinkulungwane zabathwali bempahla zafuna intuthuko ngokuxoxisana ngokuhlanganyela. (Okuxakayo ukuthi, ngemva kokushona kukaPullman ngo-1897, iPullman Co. yayiphethwe indodana ka-Abe Lincoln eyayisindile, uRobert Todd Lincoln, kwaze kwaba maphakathi nawo-1920.) RandolphโUmzabalazo wokuhlela wathatha iminyaka eyi-12, waqala ngo-1925 wadlulela ekuwohlokeni komnotho ngo-1929 wangena ekuphathweni kukaFranklin Delano Roosevelt.
UHarry Belafonte ukhumbule engxoxweni noTavis Smiley muva nje indaba ayitshelwa ngu-Eleanor Roosevelt. Walandisa ngomcimbi womphakathi lapho umyeni wakhe, u-FDR, ethula u-Randolph futhi embuza, u-Belafonte wakhumbula, "ukuthi ucabangani ngesizwe, ukuthi ucabangani ngosizi lwabantu abangamaNegro nokuthi wayecabangani ... lapho isizwe sasibheke khona. " Eqhubeka nendaba, u-Belafonte ulandise okwaphendulwa yi-FDR lapho ekuzwa Randolph's remarks: "Uyazi, Mnu. Randolph, ngikuzwile konke okushilo kusihlwa, futhi angikwazanga ukuvumelana nawe. Ngivumelana nakho konke okushilo, kuhlanganise nekhono lami lokukwazi ukulungisa amaningi alawa maphutha nokusebenzisa amandla ami kanye nepulpiti yesiqhwaga. โฆ Kodwa ngizocela into eyodwa kuwe, Mnu. Randolph, futhi lokho wukuphuma ungenze ngikwenze."
Le ndaba yaphinde yaxoxwa ngu-Obama emkhankasweni wokuqongelela imali Montclair, NJ, ngaphezu konyaka odlule. Kwakuyimpendulo yomuntu owayebuza u-Obama mayelana nokuthola isisombululo esinobulungiswa ezingxabanweni zakwa-Israel/Palestine. Ngemva kokubala i Randolph indaba, u-Obama wathi wayengumuntu oyedwa nje, ukuthi wayengeke akwazi ukukwenza yedwa. Impendulo ka-Obama yokugcina: "Ngenze ngikwenze."
Yilokho inselele.
Ngemva kokuxazulula umzabalazo wabasebenzi bakwaPullman, Randolph waqhubeka. Uphonsele inselelo i-FDR, ngokuqala ukuhlela imashi e-Washington ehlelelwe i-1941, ukuhlukanisa amasosha kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi umsebenzi wezomnotho ozungeze umzamo wempi wawutholakala ngokulinganayo kubantu base-Afrika baseMelika. I-FDR yakhipha umyalo wokuphatha, futhi kamuva, uMongameli uHarry S. Truman wahlukanisa amasosha. U-Randolph, u-Bayard Rustin kanye no-Martin Luther King Jr. bahlele i-1963 March e-Washington, yona ngokwayo esebenze njengesizinda esiqinile esingokomfanekiso sokunqoba kuka-Obama. Leli sonto eliyingqophamlando liphinde liqondane nosuku lokuzalwa lukaKing. Ukube iNkosi yasinda, ngabe iqeda iminyaka engu-80.
Njengoba u-Obama eqala isonto lakhe lokuqala njengomongameli, abanye bangase baxwayise ngokuthi kulungile ukulinda futhi ubone ukuthi yini angayenza. Kodwa iqembu lokuthula i-Code Pink alilindi. Emzileni wokuqala wombukiso, bebenikezela ngezinkulungwane zamaribhoni abomvana, bekhuthaza abantu ukuthi bahlanganyele nabo ekubambeni uMongameli Obama ezithembisweni zakhe zokuthula zomkhankaso: Qeda impi e-Iraq; vala i-Guantanamo; ukwenqaba uMthetho wamaKhomishana Amasosha; yeka ukuhlushwa; sebenzela ukuqeda izikhali zenuzi; ukubamba izingxoxo eziqondile, ezingenamibandela ne-Iran; futhi uthobele izivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe ezigunyazwe yiSigele.
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