Matthews: Enye yezinzuzo, uSenator, wokuba ngumongameli we
Obama: Ngokusobala, anginjalo.
Kodwa empeleni, kwakungekudala kakhulu lapho abantu base-Afrika-baseMelika bengavunyelwe kwezinye izinkundla zokuphosa. Ku
KwakunguFeb. 8, 1968, izinyanga ngaphambi kokubulawa kukaMartin Luther King Jr. noRobert F. Kennedy. Kwase kuphele iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili ngaphambi kwesibhicongo sabafundi e
โBekusebusuku obubandayo โฆ lolu bekuwusuku lwesine lwemisebenzi mayelana nomzamo wokuhlukanisa inkundla yokuphosa. โฆ Abafundi babakhe umlilo omkhulu ukuze bazigcine befudumele futhi bakhe isimilo. Babezama ukwenza isu elithile. Yini okufanele bayenze ngokulandelayo? Ngabe kufanele babuyele endaweni ye-bowling, lapho beboshwe khona ngoLwesibili ebusuku? Ingabe kufanele baye eCity Hall? Ingabe kufanele baye ku-State Capitol? Futhi babecabanga ukuthi basendaweni ephephe kakhulu futhi evikelekile, futhi babengalindele ukuthi amaphoyisa azovulela ngenhlamvu.โ
Abathengisi manje sebengumqondisi wohlelo lwezifundo zase-Afrika-America e-
Owasinda u-Robert Lee Davis ukhumbule umcimbi kuphrojekthi yomlando oxoxwayo owenziwa u-Jack Bass, owayeyintatheli ngaleso sikhathi futhi manje osenguprofesa eKholeji yase-Charleston: โKwakuyinqwaba yezibhamu ... mhlawumbe imizuzwana eyisithupha noma eyisikhombisa. Bhoza, qhuma, qhuma, qhuma, qhume, qhume, bhomu! Abafundi babehayiza, bememeza futhi begijima. โฆ Ngasukuma ukuze ngibaleke, futhi ngathatha isinyathelo esisodwa, futhi yilokho kuphela engangikukhumbula. Ngithathe leso sinyathelo esisodwa. Ngishaywe emhlane ... kwaba yilapho ngikhubazekile. Abafundi bebenginyathela ngoba besaba.โ
Abathengisi babeka ingqikithi yesibhicongo sase-Orangeburg esingabikwanga futhi esikhohliwe: โKuyaxaka ukuthi sesineminyaka engama-40 kamuva, futhi indaba yobumpofu kanye nendaba yempi kuseyizindaba ezisabalulekile nxazonke.
Sekube nenqubekela phambili eminyakeni engama-40 kusukela ngesibhicongo sase-Orangeburg. Manje, esikhundleni sokubhikishela ukufinyelela endaweni yokudlala i-bowling, indoda yase-Afrika-yaseMelika iphambili ekuqokweni kweDemocratic Alliance njengomongameli wase-United States, i-bowling yayo ivele ibe yinto yokuhlekwa usulu. Kodwa izinsizwa ezintathu zase-Afrika zaseMelika ezabulawa ngalobo busuku e-OrangeburgโuSamuel Hammond, uDelano Middleton noHenry Smithโazikho kanye nathi ukuze zihlanganyele enqubeni. Abasakhunjulwa nhlobo.
Abezindaba kuleli sonto babungaza unyaka owodwa wezigameko zokudubula eVirginia Tech, lapho ushayasibhamu oyedwa, ophazamisekile ebulale abafundi abangu-30 kanye namalungu othisha. Usuku olubalulekile okufanele sizindle ngalo. Isibhicongo sase-Orangeburg sifanelwe indawo ekuqapheleni kwethu izwe lonke. Sidinga imidiya enikeza umongo womlando, onikeza umbono ongaphezu konyaka owodwa emphakathini wethu. Esikhundleni salokho, abezindaba abajwayelekile baqhubeka nokujikijela amabhola emfucumfucu.
U-Amy Goodman ungumsakazi we-โDemocracy Now!,โ ihora lezindaba zansuku zonke ze-TV/radio ezisakazwa eziteshini ezingu-650
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