Eyona Ubugcisa I-CEO ye-American Civil War Museum kwi-Myths eziqhubekayo kwiNgxabano yethu kaZwelonke

I-CEO ye-American Civil War Museum kwi-Myths eziqhubekayo kwiNgxabano yethu kaZwelonke

Yeyiphi Imovie Ukubona?
 
I-American Civil War Museum yafota ngaphambi kokuvulwa kwayo kwi-Historical Tredegar.Imyuziyam yaseMelika



E-Richmond, eVirginia, ikomkhulu langaphambili le-Confederacy kunye nekomkhulu lombuso apho ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sazo zonke iimfazwe zeMfazwe yamakhaya, umyuziyam omtsha owavulwa nge-4 kaMeyi umisele ukuthetha ngokunyanisekileyo malunga nembali enzima kunye nelifa Imfazwe i-United States isabuyela umva, mhlawumbi ingaze ibe njalo kunakwimeko yezopolitiko yanamhlanje.

I-American Civil War Museum, eyakhiwa ngenxa yokudibana phakathi kwe-American Civil War Centre kunye neMyuziyam ye-Confederacy, ibonelela ngokuhlola okungathathi cala kwi-Civil War kunye neziphumo zayo ngeendlela ezininzi: ezo zombini ze-Union kunye namajoni e-Confederate , yamakhoboka nabakhululekileyo base-Afrika baseMelika, abavela kwamanye amazwe, abafazi nabantwana.

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Iziko elitsha elibiyelwe ngeglasi, eliyilelwe yi-3North, lihleli kumabhodlo ezitena eTredegar Ironworks, indawo yokuvelisa imfazwe ye-Confederate kunye nomnye wabavelisi bentsimbi abakhokelayo kweli lizwe. Ngomboniso osisigxina weempahla ezingaphezu kwama-500, umboniso wethutyana obonisa indlela i-United States eyayihlawula ngayo imfazwe, kunye nokuqokelelwa ngokupheleleyo kwemisebenzi, imyuziyam entsha inika ubungqina bobuhlanga kunye namaxwebhu ezopolitiko kunye nemikhosi yokuchasa iintsomi ezijikeleze iMfazwe yamakhaya. Ngokukodwa amaxesha amaninzi amabali abahlutha abantu abamnyama kwiarhente kunye nokwenza lula izizathu zokuya emfazweni.

UChristy Coleman, owayekhokele iZiko leMfazwe laseMelika ngaphambi kokuba akhokele phambili ekudalweni kweziko elitsha njenge-CEO, wahlala phantsi noMboniseli ukuze axoxe ngothando lwakhe lokubalisa amabali, ingxaki yokwahlula imbali iye kumnyama ngokuchasene nomhlophe kwaye kutheni sisabambeka kwimiphumo yemfazwe engaqondwa kakuhle.

Ungandixelela kancinci ngamava akho okukhula eMzantsi? Ngaba kulapho umdla wakho kwiMbali Yemfazwe Yamakhaya uvela khona?
Ndikhulele eWilliamsburg, eVirginia kwaye lonto ibithetha ukuba ndikhule malunga nembali yeAmerican Revolution kunye nexesha lobukoloniyali, kodwa umsebenzi wam ngqo kwiMfazwe yamakhaya awuzange ufike de ndamkele isikhundla apha [yayiyintoni iMfazwe Yamakhaya yaseMelika Iziko], eRichmond, ngo-2008. Ngokucacileyo, ukukhula eMzantsi, kukho ingxelo eyahluke mpela kunengxelo yesizwe, eyayinovelwano ngakumbi kwi-Confederate, kwaye kunjalo, imbonakalo ngokwayo igcwele loo nto. uhlobo lwemifanekiso kunye neengcebiso. Isikolo sam samabanga aphantsi xa usapho lwam lwafudukela eVirginia kwathiwa igama le-Confederate jikelele egama linguMagruder, kodwa ndandingayazi loo nto ngelo xesha. Bendingazi ukuba ngubani uMagruder, kwaye abayifundisanga. Kodwa ekukhuleni kwam, abazali bam babekwangutitshala wam kwezembali. Nanini na xa kukho isabelo malunga nembali okanye inkcubeko, ukusuka kumabanga aphantsi ukuya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, abazali bam basoloko bendikhuthaza ukuba ndazise amanye amazwi, njengama-Afrika aseMelika okanye abafazi. Ndinalo olo khanyiso longezelelekileyo, ndiyaqikelela. Enye yeeMyuziyam ezintsha zaseMelika zoMlo wamaKhaya.Imyuziyam yaseMelika








Ngaba ukudibana phakathi kweZiko leMfazwe laseMelika kunye neMyuziyam ye-Confederacy yadibana ngokuchaseneyo nakuphi na ukuphela kobambiswano?
Kunyaka wokuqala bekukho nje uthethathethwano olusemva kwemiboniso kwaye sizama ukuqonda ukuba sifuna ukwenza ntoni kwaye kutheni, uhlobo lwento ebizwa ngokuba luhlalutyo lwe-swat: yintoni amandla kunye nobuthathaka kuyo yomibini le mibutho, aphi amathuba ukuba sidibanisa imikhosi, kwaye zeziphi izoyikiso ezinokubakho. Ngokucacileyo, njengoko sijonge ukuba yintoni enokuba sisongelo kwishishini, ngokuqinisekileyo kuye kwafuneka ukuba sivume ukuba kuya kubakho abo bangacingi ukuba eli licebo elilungileyo, ikakhulu ngenxa yokunyaniseka kwabo kwimbono ethile okanye kwenye. Ngaba asinakudibanisa kuphela iinkqubo, iinkqubo kunye nabantu, kodwa nenkcubeko? Esi yayisisongelo esinokubakho ngeli thuba. Ewe ewe, sizijongile zonke ezo zinto kwaye sazicwangcisela kangangoko sinako.

Into ebesingayilindelanga kukuba xa ekugqibeleni saqala sokwazisa abasebenzi bethu phantsi kwento ebekufanele ukuba izithintelo ezingqongqo kwinto enokuthi ifunyanwe kwaye inokuthiwa ngaphandle kombutho, besinomntu osikhuphayo ngaphambi kokuba bekulungele ukubhengeza esidlangalaleni. Ke kuye kwafuneka sijongane naloo nto njengombandela wabasebenzi bangaphakathi kunye noonondaba ababethile kulo mbuzo kwaye saphambuka kangangoko sinako de sikulungele ukwenza eso sibhengezo. Ke kusithathe unyaka wokucwangciswa okusebenzayo ngaphambi kokuba sibhengeze esidlangalaleni ukuqinisekisa ukuba zonke iziqwenga ziya kulunga.

Kwaye ndiqinisekile ukubumba ingxelo ethile malunga nento obuzama ukuyenza kubaluleke kakhulu kwiprojekthi enje.
Ewe bekufuneka sibenombono ekwabelwana ngawo malunga nokuba ungaba yintoni umbutho kwaye sibhale imemorandam yokuqonda into ebesinethemba lokuyiphumeza. Oko kwakubalulekile. Ukusuka apho, sikwazile ukwakha ingxelo yethu kwaye sakha ingxelo yethu yemishini, engadibananga nayo. Kwakusisiphumo sencoko ekwabelwana ngayo kunye nezinto iibhodi ezivotelwe kuzo. Le yayiyinto kwakhona, ayisiyonto yasebusuku, kodwa ngononophelo, ecwangciswe ngononophelo. UChristy S. Coleman.UKim Brundage



Ngaba ubuthandabuza konke konke ukuya koku?
Ekuqaleni, ngokuqinisekileyo. Khange ndibenayo inkuthazo enkulu yokwenza oko kuba e-American Civil War Centre besisandula ukugqiba iphulo eliyinkunzi, besilungiselela ukwakha indawo entsha yokwandisa indawo yethu yexeshana yegalari, besibona ukwanda konyaka wokundwendwela unyaka ngaphezulu kweminyaka emihlanu, besenza unxibelelwano olusisebenzelayo. Ndiqale ndathatha inxaxheba kwincoko ngenxa yokuhlonipha ugxa wam kwiMyuziyam ye-Confederacy, kodwa ke xa ndiphumayo, ndacinga ngendlela esinokukwenza ngayo oku, inokuba ngumtshintshi womdlalo intsimi. Nangexesha elinzima lothethathethwano, uWaite [S. UWaite Rawls III, uMlawuli oyiNtloko weMyuziyam ye-Confederacy] kwaye ndandihlala phantsi ndize ndithi, 'Masime umzuzwana siphefumle. Kwaye undixelele into oyithandayo njengoko sizama ukuqonda lento. ’Wabelane ngothando lwakhe kunye namathemba akhe nam ndabelana ngolwam kwaye sobabini senza izinto esicinga ukuba zizakusebenza. Esi yaba sisiseko sokudityaniswa.

Zeziphi ezinye zezinto ozithandayo ngale projekthi?
Ndiyalithanda ibali lokubalisa. Ndili thanda ngokwenene ithuba ebesinalo lokubuyisa ingxelo ebalini elityebileyo laseMelika nakubo bonke abadlali abohlukeneyo, oko kwakubalulekile kum. Kwakubalulekile kum ukuba nendalo esingayi kubandakanyeka kuphela ekuchazeni ukuba singoobani, kodwa eneneni yenze isenzo sombutho ngokwenza abantu esasinethemba lokufikelela kwinxalenye yombutho kuwo onke amanqanaba. Zizo ezo iintlobo zezinto ezindiqhubileyo. Kwaye uWaite, ewe, uyawathanda amabali, nangona ahlukile kancinci, [kwaye] uyathanda ukuqokelelwa koovimba. Ukuba nemvelaphi yezemali, wayenomdla wokwenene ekuphuhliseni iimodeli zezemali ezizinzileyo. Ke sithathe nje into esiyithandayo kwaye ayintoni amandla ethu kwaye saphuhlisa ulwakhiwo lombutho macala onke.

Emazantsi amhlophe amhlophe, kubonakala ngathi ungene kule projekthi ngengqondo yokuba ukutshintsha iingqondo zabantu malunga neMfazwe yamakhaya yinto elahlekileyo. Ungandixelela ngenjongo yeMyuziyam yokubonelela ngeendlela ezininzi ezibandakanya lo mzuzu kwimbali kunokutshintsha ingxelo ekhoyo ejikeleze yona?
Ewe yayingengombandela nje wokwenza oku eMzantsi. Andikwazi ukugxininisa ngokwaneleyo. Eli libali laseMelika. Ewe siseRichmond, eVirginia, ikomkhulu langaphambili le-Confederacy, akukho zi-ifs, ii-ands, okanye ii-buts. Kodwa sihlala kwisixeko sanamhlanje esiya sihluka ngokwanda, isizwe sanamhlanje esijamelana nezinye zezi 'nyaniso' zingenasiseko ezidlala kubomi bethu bezopolitiko. Esona sipho sikhulu esinokusinika uhlanga Ukucaca okucacileyo kwaye okungcono malunga nendlela eyayihlala ngayo iMfazwe yamakhaya. Ezi ntsomi ziyaqhubeka ngokulinganayo eMantla, zinokwahluka kancinci, kodwa ziyaqhubeka ngokulinganayo.

Kum, kubaluleke ngokukodwa ukuba imyuziyam yalolu hlobo idibane nezinye zezikhumbuzo zase-Confederate zaseMzantsi ezichasene kakhulu. Uhambe njani ngokudibanisa amaqhekeza amaninzi ahlulekileyo eMfazwe yamakhaya eyayiseMelika?
Asinakuze sikwazi ukubandakanya yonke into eyenzekileyo kuye wonke umntu ohleliyo ngamava, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo sinokuvuselela umdla wokutya kwaye sikunike isiseko sokuqwalaselwa kwaye udlule. Kulapho iimyuziyam zenza owona msebenzi wazo, ngokokubona kwam. Abantu bayangena kwaye banokufunda, umzekelo, indlela otyale ngayo iWall Street kwi-Confederacy kuba umdla wabo wezezimali ububotshelelwe kurhwebo lwamakhoboka. Abantu banokufunda ukuba abantu baseNew York banokunikela njani iyunifomu ye-Confederate. Kwaye ke kukho abalinganiswa be-quirky, abanjengoLoretta Velázquez: umfazi waseCuba ozilungelelanise noMzantsi nakwindawo ezahlukeneyo ngexesha anganxiba njengendoda okanye asebenze njengempimpi. Okanye u-Varina Davis, umfazi kaJefferson Davis, owafudukela kwisiXeko saseNew York kwaye waphila ezinye iintsuku zakhe apho eqhuba imagazini. Inqaku lam kukuba sinalo mkhwa wokwenza imfazwe ibhekise emantla xa ithelekiswa nezantsi, kodwa izizathu zabantu bezinzima kakhulu kwaye nembali ayisiyomnyama namhlophe.

Ugqirha David Blight ubhale kamnandi, njengabanye, malunga nokudibana kwakhona kwe-United States, kodwa le ngcinga yokumanyana kunye noxolelwaniso yinto eyenzekileyo nabantu abamhlophe. Khange yenzeke nawo wonke umntu kwaye kwakulula kakhulu ukuthatha ubuhlanga kwi-equation okt ukususa onke amanye amaqela, lelona likhulu lingabantu base-Afrika baseMelika. Kwakulula kakhulu ukuza nengxelo abanye abanokuyamkela. Ke uMzantsi uba lolu hlobo lendawo yefantasy kunye nenkcubeko edumileyo kumxube wayo, akumangalisi ukuba singayifumani kakuhle. Abantu baseMantla bathanda ukuwugxotha ungquzulwano ngolu hlobo, 'Siphumelele kwaye sigqibile saza sawakhulula amakhoboka.' Ngokwenene? Ukhe wa? Uphi umenzeli omnyama? UMzantsi waya emfazweni ngokupheleleyo ukugcina ubukhoboka, kodwa uMantla akazange aye emfazweni ukuphelisa ubukhoboka. Yizenzo zabantu abamnyama kunye nabadibaniselwano babo ezazinokutshintsha iinjongo zemfazwe kwaye siyiphosile kuba khange ivezwe kuthi ngoluhlobo. Imiboniso inikezela ngolwazi, umzekelo, indlela olwalutyalomali ngayo iWall Street kwi-Confederacy.Imyuziyam yaseMelika

Ukholelwa njani ukuba imuziyam iyabonwa ekuhlaleni?
Ukuthi ga, kuhle! Asikenzi kuvavanyo olusemthethweni okwangoku kodwa sizimisele, ukuqinisekisa ukuba abatyeleli bayayifumana le nto sifuna ukuba bayifumane. Kodwa i-anecdotal iza kakuhle. Ngokwazi kwam, sinomntu omnye kuphela owayekhathazeke kancinci yinto ayibonileyo. Wayecaphuka kukubona ukuba sinengubo yaseKlan kwangoko kwigalari eyazisa ixesha lasemva kwemfazwe nolwakhiwo kwakhona. Wayefana, 'Kutheni le nto ilapha?' Kwaye impendulo ilula ngokwenene: kuba ngo-1866 i-Ku Klux Klan yenziwa kwangoko emva kwemfazwe ngumntu owayesakuba yinjengele ye-Confederate ngenjongo yokulawula abantu abamnyama abasandula ukukhululeka.

Ucinga ukuba yintoni ingxolo yeMyuziyam ngalo mzuzu ubalulekileyo ezimbalini?
Awunakuyikhanyela inyani yokuba ezi ngxoxo malunga nokuphinda kubonwe ubungangamsha babamhlophe, okanye endaweni yoko ukuphinda kubekhona ngaphaya ubukhulu obumhlophe, buyenzeka kwaye unxibelelwano lwabo kuninzi lwale mifanekiso kunye neesimboli ayinakuphikwa. Into esithembayo kukuba uluntu oluza ngokufuna ukuqonda izinto kwimeko yabo epheleleyo baya kuba nakho ukwenza njalo. Singo esebenzayo kuluntu lwethu olusondeleyo kunye noluntu lwethu lwesizwe ngaphandle kokubakho amatshantliziyo . Kukho umahluko. Ukuba sinezixhobo kunye nezinto esiziqokeleleyo, esizenzayo, ukunceda uluntu ukuba luzenzele le mibuzo emva koko siziva sinyanzelekile ukuba sibe yinxalenye yaloo nto. Kungenxa yoko le nto iprojekthi yedijithali ibaluleke kakhulu kuthi yiyo loo nto iinkqubo zemiboniso esisigxina kunye nezexeshana zibaluleke kakhulu kuthi. Imbali ikhona kwabaphilayo, imalunga nokusinceda ukuba sijonge indawo esithubeni kunye nexesha apho sikhona ngokuvala umsantsa phakathi kokuqonda koluntu kunye nomsebenzi wezifundo. Yiloo nto eyenziwa yimyuziyam.

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