Isizathu sokuba sibe noMartin Luther King Jr. usuku lokubhiyozela kungenxa yomsebenzi onzima owenziwa nguCoretta Scott King, iNkokeli yamaLungelo oLuntu kunye nomhlolokazi we-MLK, ngokungakhathali wakwenza oko. Kodwa ngaphaya kwelifa lakhe njengowesifazane owayesemva kukaGqirha Martin Luther King Jr., uCoretta Scott King wazenzela indlela yakhe njengenkokeli eyayithetha ngoxolo, amalungelo abasetyhini, amalungelo e-LGBT, kunye nemicimbi yezoqoqosho.
Uzalelwe eMarion, Alabama, uCoretta Scott King oselula wayenetalente enkulu yomculo. Wayedlala ixilongo kunye nepiyano, ecula kwikwayara, kwaye ethathe inxaxheba kwimimculo yesikolo. Usapho lwakhe lwalukholelwa kakhulu kwezemfundo, kwaye waphumelela njenge-valedictorian e-Lincoln Normal School ngo-1945. Wasebenza kwi-Civil Rights Movement ngekholeji, wayelilungu le-Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority (Kamala Harris kunye no-Michelle Obama nabo bangoodade ubuqhetseba) kwaye waphumelela imali yokufunda kwiNew England Conservatory of Music eBoston. Kulapho ke waziswa khona kuMartin Luther King Jr. Ngaphandle komnqweno wakhe wokufuna umsebenzi kwezomculo, watshata noKing ngo-1953 (wayenesifungo sokuthobela esuswe kumsitho).
U-King uyeke umsebenzi wakhe womculo ukuxhasa umyeni wakhe, kodwa kuya kuba yimpazamo ukucinga ukuba wayelilungu lombutho. Wazisa ulwimi lomculo kumbutho kwaye wasebenzisa imvelaphi yakhe njengomculi ukwenza ulwimi lokomoya ngengoma eya kuthi ibonelele ngonxibelelwano lweemvakalelo kwabo bamameleyo.
Ukuba yinxalenye yentshukumo kwakuthetha nokuba sengozini, kunye nabantwana bakhe abancinci. Ngo-1956, ikhaya labo laqhushumbiswa. Umbhali u-Octavia Vivian wabhala kwi-biography yakhe ka-2006 UCoretta: Ibali likaCoretta Scott King , Ngobo busuku uCoretta waphulukana noloyiko lokufa. Wazibophelela ngokunzulu kumzabalazo wenkululeko, njengoko uMartin wayenzile kwiintsuku ezine ezidlulileyo xa wayevalelwa okokuqala ebomini bakhe.
UCoretta wazibona eyinkokeli kwaye wasebenzisa iqonga lakhe ukuqaqambisa ukufezekiswa kwabanye abantu base-Afrika nabaseMelika ababenenxalenye enkulu yentshukumo kodwa benganikanga ngqalelo ingako. Wayegxeka isini kunye nokucinywa komsebenzi wabasetyhini kwi-Civil Rights Movement ngoJanuwari 1966 ngo INenekazi elitsha , esithi ngokuyinxenye, Akukho ngqwalaselo yaneleyo kugxilwe kwindima edlalwa ngabafazi kumzabalazo. Ubukhulu becala, amadoda abumba ubunkokheli kumzabalazo wamalungelo oluntu kodwa… abasetyhini baba ngumqolo kuwo onke amalungelo abantu. ( Imbali yamaLungelo oLuntu ukusuka kuMhlaba oPhezulu: Imizabalazo yeNgingqi, uMbutho weSizwe
ihlelwe nguEmilye Crosby).
Xa uGqirha uKing wabulawa ngo-Epreli 4, 1968, kwafuneka athuthuzele abantwana bakhe abahlanu kwaye athathe indawo entsha yokuba ngumhlolokazi kaGqr King kunye nomkhuseli welifa lakhe. Kungekudala emva kokufa kwakhe, wathatha indawo yakhe kwintlanganiso yoxolo kwisixeko saseNew York waza wazomeleza njengenkokeli ngaphandle kwemfuneko yendoda ecaleni kwakhe.
UKumkani wayandisa intshukumo ukuba ibandakanye amalungelo abasetyhini, amalungelo e-LGBT, kunye nokujongana nemicimbi yezoqoqosho kunye nemiyalezo yokulwa imfazwe. NjengoGqirha King, uCoretta Scott wayekholelwa ukuba ezintathu zezinto ezimbi zehlabathi yayilucalucalulo, intlupheko kunye nemfazwe. Wayeyinxalenye enkulu ye intshukumo echasene neVietnam kwaye, njengomyeni wakhe, wayeyintlola kuqhubeke yi-FBI .
Inkxaso yakhe kuluntu lwe-LGBT inokulandelwa emva ngo-1983 eWashington, D.C .. uKing ukhuthaze ukulungiswa koMthetho wamaLungelo oLuntu ukuba abandakanye abantu abathandana nabasetyhini kunye nabasetyhini njengodidi olukhuselweyo. Waye wagxeka ubufanasini, waqinisa umbono wokuba abantu abathandana nesini esinye bahlala behlukile kumbutho wamaLungelo oLuntu, kwaye ngo-1993 wabongoza uMongameli uClinton ukuba ayeke ukuvalwa kwabantu abathandana besini esinye kunye nabasetyhini abasebenza ngokuvulekileyo emkhosini. Ekuphenduleni kukaMongameli uGeorge W. Bush ukuba umtshato uphakathi kwendoda nomfazi, uKing uphendule.
Abantu abathandana besini esinye nabathandana namanye amadoda baneentsapho, kwaye iintsapho zabo kufuneka zikhuselwe ngokwasemthethweni, nokuba kungumtshato okanye ngumbutho wabasebenzi, yena utshilo . Isilungiso kumgaqo-siseko esivala umtshato wabantu besini esinye luhlobo lokutshayelwa kwabantu besini esinye kwaye ngekhe kwenze nto ukukhusela imitshato yesiNtu.
Ndisava abantu besithi mandingathethi ngamalungelo abantu abathandana nabathandana namanye amadoda kwaye kufuneka ndibambelele kumbandela wobulungisa bobuhlanga… Kodwa ndiyangxama ukubakhumbuza ukuba uMartin Luther King, Omnci. Wathi, ndoyikisa ubulungisa kuyo yonke indawo. '… Ndibongoza wonke umntu okholelwa kwiphupha likaMartin Luther King, Omnci. ukuba enze indawo etafileni yobuzalwana nodade kubantu abathandana nabathandana nabathandanayo.
Ngo-Matshi 31, 1998, kwisidlo sasemini seminyaka engama-25 Ingxowa-mali yoKhuselo kunye neMfundo yeLambda UKumkani wathi oku kulandelayo:
Ndisava abantu besithi mandingathethi ngamalungelo abantu abathandana namanye amadoda kwaye ndifanele ndinamathele kumbandela wobulungisa bobuhlanga… Kodwa ndingxamile ukubakhumbuza ukuba uMartin Luther King, Omnci, wathi, ndisoyikisa ubulungisa kuyo yonke indawo '… Ndibongoza wonke umntu okholelwa kwiphupha likaMartin Luther King, Omnci. ukuba enze indawo etafileni yobuzalwana nodade kubantu abathandana nabathandana nabathandanayo.
Iholide esiyibhiyozelayo namhlanje, uGqirha Martin Luther King Jr. Day, kungenxa kaCoretta Scott King. Uchithe iminyaka eyityhalela ekubeni ibe liholide yomanyano. UMongameli uRonald Reagan wasayina iholide ibe ngumthetho ngo-1983, kodwa amanye amazwe ayenqaba ukujonga iholide. Khange ibonwe ngokusesikweni kuwo onke ama-50 athi de kube ngu-2000. Ekuqaleni, abantu abaninzi bazamile ukudibanisa iholide kaKing kunye nezinye-njengaseAlabama apho bafuna ukubhiyozela uRobert E. Lee / uMartin Luther King Birthday kwangolo suku lunye. okrokrisayo. Kodwa hayi njengomrhaneli njengoko U-Lee-Jackson-King Usuku.
UCoretta Scott King wasweleka ngo-2006 eneminyaka engama-76. Njengokuba sibhiyozela umyeni wakhe, kufanele ukuba simgubhele: umfazi owaqhubeka nentshukumo wayandisa ukuba ibandakanyeke ngakumbi. Ngokwenene wayeyi-trailblazer.
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