Isikhumbuzo seLincoln sisimboli kwimbali yentshukumo yamaLungelo oLuntu. Kwakusezinyathelweni zesikhumbuzo sikaMongameli owatyikitya isibhengezo senkululeko apho uMartin Luther King wenza intetho yakhe ethi Ndinephupha (eli lizwe liqhubekeka ukulijonga ngelensi ecociweyo) nge-Matshi eWashington ngo-1963. Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, iSikhumbuzo yayikukubona elinye ixesha lamalungelo oluntu kunye nokulwa ubandlululo kunye nokucalulwa okusoloko kulityalwa: ikonsathi eyomeleleyo evela kumculi uMarian Anderson ngo-Epreli 9, 1939.
Ngo-1939, uMarian Anderson wayephezulu kwinqanaba lakhe lokusebenza. I-contralto yayicule ngokwamanqanaba kulo lonke elaseYurophu ukuba idume kakhulu kunye nefiva fever evela kubalandeli, ifumana impumelelo enkulu kunaleyo yayinayo eMelika ngenxa yobuhlanga, kodwa inkwenkwezi yayo ngoku yayikhula nase-US. Ukususela ngo-1935, u-Anderson wayenike ikhonsathi yonyaka kwiYunivesithi yase-Black Howard eWashington DC, kwaye waba yintandokazi ye-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Ikonsathi zakhe ziye zanda ngakumbi. U-Howard wayengenakubamkela abaphulaphuli ngo-1939, kwaye wacela ukubamba ikonsathi kwi-Constitution Hall, eyona ndawo inkulu e-DC ngelo xesha.
Kwakukho ingxaki enye kuphela. IHolo yoMgaqo-siseko yayingumnini kwaye yayiqhutywa ziiNtombi zoHlaziyo lwaseMelika kwaye i-DAR yayinomgaqo-nkqubo ethintela ukusetyenziswa kweholo ngabadlali abaMnyama . Bakhabe uAnderson imvume yokusebenzisa indawo kwikhonsathi yakhe. UCharles Edward Russell, umseki-mbutho we-NAACP, amaqela ahlanganisiweyo kubandakanya iNational Negro Congress, uMzalwana woBalali beMoto, i-American Federation of Labour, i-Washington Industrial Council-CIO, kunye namanye amaqela amaninzi kunye namaqela ecawa eMarian IKomiti yaBemi beAnderson (MACC) yokuqhankqalaza isigqibo kunye nokucwangciswa kwamanyathelo.
Ngenxa yokuqwalaselwa komcimbi kunye nezenzo ezithathiweyo ukulungiselela u-Anderson, amawakawaka amalungu e-DAR azokurhoxa, kubandakanya no-Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt ngokuphandle yohlwaya i-DAR Isigqibo kwaye warhoxa kwiqela, esonyusa ubushushu beendaba. Unethuba lokukhokela ngendlela ekhanyisiweyo, uRoosevelt wabhala kwikholamu yam yoSuku Lwam, eyayidibene kuzwelonke, kwaye kubonakala kum ukuba umbutho wakho usilele.
Isikhalo besikhwaza, amagcisa nabaququzeleli befuna uAnderson anikwe indawo eyahlukileyo eCapitol. U-Lulu V. Childers, omnye wabaququzeleli no-Howard, wathembisa: Uzakucula apha, nokuba kufuneka simakhele intente. URovelvelt, esebenza noWalter White, owayengunobhala olawulayo we-NAACP, weza necebo kwaye watsala uHarold Ickes, uNobhala Wezangaphakathi, ukumema uAnderson ukuba acule phambi kwesikhumbuzo sikaLincoln. Akukho mntu unokukhanyela uNobhala (kunye neNkosikazi yokuqala ngumbutho).
NgeCawa yePasika, ngo-Epreli 9, 1939, u-Ickes wazisa u-Anderson ngala mazwi: Kule holo enkulu iphantsi kwezulu, sonke sikhululekile. UGenius, njengobulungisa, uyimfama. IGenius ayizobeki imigca yemibala. UAnderson uthathe iqonga phambi kwesihlwele esidibeneyo sabantu abangaphezulu kwama-75,000 kunye nabaphulaphuli kunomathotholo kwizigidi ezininzi kwaye waphakamisa ilizwi lakhe elizukileyo. Ukukhethwa kwakhe kokuqala kwakuLizwe lam 'iTis of You. Wawatshintsha amazwi akho ndivuma kuwe, wavuma kuwe thina cula.
Kucace gca ukubukela oku kunye neminye imifanekiso indlela uAnderson abuva ngokunzulu ngayo ubunzima balo mzuzu. Wawagcina amehlo akhe evaliwe ngenxa yekhonsathi enkulu, njengoko umfanekiso kaLincoln ujonge ngasemva kwakhe kwaye wenza imbali. Njengoko eli phepha leendaba liphawula, wonke umntu uqokelelene ukuze eve ilizwi elinconywayo njengelona ligqwesileyo kwinkulungwane, kwaye njengoko ummamele, uyasiqonda isizathu soko. Emva kwelizwe lam Tis kuwe wacula u-Ave Marie kunye ne-aria evela Eyona ndiyithandayo , emva koko kwisiqingatha sesibini, jikela kwivangeli nakwizinto zokomoya eziMnyama, ucule uQeqesho lweeVangeli, iTrampin ’kunye noMoya wam oyiBench yeNkosi. Encore yakhe yayingu: Akukho mntu uyayazi ingxaki endiyibonileyo.
Ilifa likaMarian Anderson liqhubeka nakwinto ayenzileyo ngalo mzuzu kunye nobabalo nesidima athe wangena kuso kwihlabathi liphela. Kumashumi eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba uMartin Luther King Jr. akhokele uMatshi eWashington kwaye athethe kuloo ndawo, wema kunye nehlabathi liphela elibukele kwaye wenza imbali ngelizwi lakhe elimangalisayo. Uthathe umtsi kwindlela ende esisahamba ngayo, kwaye leyo ayilibaleki kwaphela.
(Umfanekiso: UCLA / umfanekiso weskrini)
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