Iqela elikhokelayo Iziko leHlabathi loXolo ngoKhenketho (IIPT) I-Harrisburg Peace Promenade isebenza ukubuyisela inkumbulo ye-Old 8th Ward kunye nabantu bayo kunye nesikhumbuzo esibekwe kufuphi ne-State Capitol yasePennsylvania. Ukutyhilwa kwecandelo lokuqala lesikhumbuzo, i-Orator's Pedestal, ibingumbhiyozo weeyure ezimbini, okhokelwa litshantliziyo lasekuhlaleni uLenwood Sloan, okhokele le projekthi. Ibonise iintetho, iingoma kunye nokulinganisa ngabadlali beHarrisburg Badlulileyo, iqela elimele amanani kwimbali yasekhaya. Isikhumbuzo sinabalweli abane ababalaseleyo base-Afrika-baseMelika: uWilliam Howard Day, uThomas Morris Chester, uJacob T. Compton kunye noFrancis Ellen Walker Harper. Baqokelelene kuluhlu lweentsapho ezimnyama ezili-100 ezathi zagxothwa ngenxa yokudilizwa. I-Orators Pedestal iya kusebenza njengophawu lweGPS loluntu olwaluxatyiswe ngoku olungasekhoyo, i-pictogram ye-Old 8th Ward, kunye nerosta yembeko yecandelo elinqamlezayo labemi bayo.
Namhlanje, akukho nto iseleyo kwi-Old 8th Ward, indawo enkulu yase-Afrika-yaseMelika kunye nabaphambukeli abajikeleze iPennsylvania State Capitol Building eHarrisburg. Le yayiyingxaki yonqulo nobuhlanga yaseHarrisburg, eyayimele isibini ekhulwini sabemi baseHarrisburg. Iindawo ezixineneyo zazihlala amakhulu abaphambukeli, ingakumbi amaJamani, amaKatolika aseIreland namaYuda aseRashiya. Amashumi amane ekhulwini abahlali be-1600 kule ngingqi yayingabantu base-Afrika baseMelika, abaninzi babo babefudula bengamakhoboka. Yacinywa ekuqaleni kwee-1900's ukwenza indawo yokwandiswa kweCapitol yaba yingxwelerha ye-City Beautiful Movement, intshukumo ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yokuvuselela izixeko zaseMelika (kwaphinda kwaphinda kwaphinda kwachazwa kwiinkqubo zohlaziyo lwedolophu kwisiqingatha senkulungwane kamva. ).
“Ukuhlanganisana Ekudibaneni kweendlela” kuphinda kudale indawo ngexesha. Indawo … iWadi yesi-8 esiDala … Ixesha … xa isiHlomelo se-15 yaba ngumthetho wodibano okhusela ivoti yamadoda angama-Afrika aseMelika. Ngokweengxelo zephephandaba laseHarrisburg, abantu babethontelana ezitratweni kwi-Old 8th Ward ngovuyo oluzenzekelayo njengoko abemi babehlanganisene ukuze bafundele uluntu. Ufundo lwalandelwa yimithandazo neendumiso. Umntu obhinqileyo welitye lesikhumbuzo, uFrancis Harper, imbongi, isithethi kunye ne-suffragette uphethe ikopi yesilungiso se-15. Njengabaninzi abameli bobukhoboka basePennsylvania, wayekwabandakanyeka ekuthetheleleni ilungelo lokuvota labasetyhini kodwa yayiza kuba yiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ngaphambi kokuba uLungiso lwe-19 lube ngumthetho.
Ilitye lesikhumbuzo elibonisa abane abaziwayo base-Afrika-baseMelika . amatsha ntliziyo kunye nokudwelisa iintsapho eziNtsundu ezili-100 ezathi zagxothwa ngenxa yokudilizwa. Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo nguBecky Ault. ART Research Enterprises, Inc.
"Okukhona usiva, uye uba buhlungu ngakumbi," utshilo uLt. Governor John Fetterman ngexesha lokuthetha kwakhe. "Kodwa into onokuyenza kukubhiyozela kwaye ukhuthaze iinzame zokukhumbula." I-Fetterman ikhuthaza enye yezinto ezivuselelweyo zelitye lesikhumbuzo elithi “Khangela phezulu Ujonge,” uthotho lofakelo kwizakhiwo ezili-12 zeeofisi zikarhulumente. I-Fetterman ikhuthaza abasebenzi kunye neendwendwe ukuba bacinge i-Old 8th isebenzisa amabali kunye nemifanekiso ukususela ngelo xesha kwiipaneli zokutolika ezidityaniswe neekhowudi ze-QR kumxholo onzulu.
Kukho ezinye iintshukumo, uphuhliso lwekharityhula ye-STEAM, uthethathethwano lwarhoqo ngenyanga lwentlalo kunye neefomathi ezitshintshanayo ukusebenza kwabalinganiswa bembali ephilayo abadlala abantu abane abamelwe kwisikhumbuzo kwindlela yokusebenza /”ulwazi” lwesitayile somboniso, incwadi kunye nesifundiswa esidala ukuvela kweli xesha ( ukususela kowe-1870 ukuya kowe-1920) elandelwa “kukuzisa izinto zakudala zosapho lwakho kwaye uthethe nabecuphi bembali yethu.”
“Le projekthi imalunga nokuphaphela, malunga nokuphaphela igazi, ukubila kunye neenyembezi ekuthathelwe kuzo ukuqhubela phambili ezi zinto,” utshilo uSloan. “Kwaye imalunga nokuxabisa ivoti. "Sihlonipha i-Old 8th, sikhumbula ukugqithiswa kwe-15th Amendment kuMgaqo-siseko wase-US kwiminyaka eyi-150 eyadlulayo kunye nokupasiswa koLungiso lwe-19 kwiminyaka eli-100 eyadlulayo ukuze kuvotelwe abantu base-Afrika baseMelika kunye nabasetyhini ngokulandelelana," utshilo uSloan njengoko wayenqwala. kwaye wafaka umnqwazi wakhe phezulu.
I-Pedestal ye-Orator liqhekeza lokuqala lesikhumbuzo eliza kuhanjiswa. Imele malunga ne-10% yeendleko zesikhumbuzo esipheleleyo sobomi (i-$ 400,000) kunye nokuxhaswa ngemali okuqhubekayo. “Sifuna ukuba le nto ibe sele ikhona ngoJuni weshumi elinesibini ngo-2020,” utshilo uSloan. "Sinethemba lokuba iya kwenza ikona ewela amawaka abantu mihla le, kwaye siyathemba ukuba abantu bayalifunda ixabiso levoti."
Lo ngunyaka wesithathu we-IIPT Harrisburg Peace Promenade. Iminyaka emibini yokuqala, iqela lagxila kumatye ezikhumbuzo kumbindi wedolophu yaseHarrisburg ecaleni koMlambo iSusquehanna owawela ekuwohlokeni. Abaphembeleli baphinde banikezela ngezikhumbuzo ezisibhozo, babhiyozela injongo yabo yangaphambili ngamagosa amatsha, azinikele kwindawo kunye neenkumbulo zayo, abantu kunye nekamva labo.
