Size kubhiyozela ubomi bakhe nayo yonke into ayenzileyo, utshilo uMfu uGqirha David Jefferson Sr., kwimizuzu engephi phambi kokuba iTrustee Chama White yaseBethlehem Baptist Church icule ingoma eyandayo yomthandazo weNkosi.
Ummeli waseMelika u-John Lewis, uMongameli uBill Clinton, u-Gqirha uChris Christie, igqiza lase-New Jersey le-DRM kunye namagosa amaninzi anyuliweyo ahlala kwelinye icala lecawa yase-South Ward njengoko usapho lakwa-Payne lwangena kwaye lathi ndlela-ntle yokugqibela kusolusapho. Inkonzo njengendibano ye-congressman ebeka uluntu lwengingqi phambili kwayo kodwa yalibona ilizwe ngokwalo njengesithili salo.
UBill Payne, umntakwabo omdala we-congressman, wema ixesha elide phezu kwebhokisi evulekileyo yomntakwabo, iqabane lakhe kwezopolitiko ubomi babo bonke. Wamphuza entloko.
Iintombi zakhe, uWanda noNicole, bavalelisile.
Unyana we-congressman, uDonald Payne Omnci, wema nenkosikazi yakhe nabantwana abathathu bahlonipha.
Emva koko u-Payne omncinci wabuyela yedwa kuyise kwaye wanceda ukukhusela ibhokisi ekhethwe yiflegi yaseMelika.
Abaninzi babemiswe emgceni behlawula imbeko kwi-Congress yase-Afrika yaseMelika yaseMelika yokuqala.
Ummeli wase-U.S. UJames Clyburn (D-SC) uthe amalungu eCongress aqhele ukubhekisa komnye njengomhlobo wam, xa engathethi nyani. UClyburn uthe wayekholelwa ukuba akukho lungu leCongress elingakwaziyo ukubiza uPayne ngobuhlobo.
Wayemhle ngaphakathi IWashington, D.C. , Utshilo u-Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO) wase-U.S.
Ukuthetha kuqala, uChristie oyinzalelwane yaseNewark uveze isicatshulwa esivela ku-Payne, esibandakanya lo mgca ulandelayo: Ndifuna ukuba ngumzekelo kubantu abancinci endithetha nabo kwiikona zesitalato iNewark.
Uyenzile, yatsho irhuluneli. Wayesenza yonke imihla yobomi bakhe. Wenza xa wayengxola ngobulungisa kumgangatho weNdlu yabameli baseMelika. Wenza ngexa lokuthula. Wakwenza oko, xa wayemela into elungileyo yonke imihla. Wenza xa wayezama ukwenza amaphupha abanye abe yinyani.
Waqala ukuba ngutitshala kwaye wayeza kukuxelela ukuba akazange ayeke, yongeza ke irhuluneli. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba wayibona indima yakhe njengomfundisi-ntsapho njengendima eyakhayo ebomini bakhe. Wayelwela nzima imfundo kuye wonke umntwana eMelika. Nokuba yeyiphi na ikhowudi ye-zip. Nokuba ungakanani umgangatho wezoqoqosho.
Umdibaniselwano uChristie wavuma ukuba indlela yakhe yahlukile kuleyo ka-Payne.
ICongressman Payne kwaye siyancedisana, irhuluneli yatsho ukuhleka kunye nokuqhwaba izandla.
Ubhekise kubabalo olungephi lwenkongolo kunye nembono yokulungileyo nokubi, kwaye wagxininisa ukuba indlela yekhongressman yayithambile kodwa inamandla.
Olo dibaniso yinto enqabileyo kuye nawuphina umntu, kodwa ngakumbi kunqabile ebantwini kubomi boluntu, utshilo umphathi. ICongressman Payne itshintshe umhlaba.
Igqwetha Jikelele u-Eric Holder uvele egameni lika-Mongameli u-Barack Obama. Umnini obizwa ngokuba nguPayne yinkokeli engaqhelekanga kunye nomcebisi kwaye wafunda ileta u-Obama eyibhekise kusapho lakwaPayne.
Mna noMichelle sibuhlungu kakhulu, wabhala uMongameli. UDonald uya kukhunjulwa ngomsebenzi wokuhamba ngomlilo. U-Obama waphawula umsebenzi wecongressman egameni lamahlwempu kunye nokukhuthaza amalungelo akhe kwihlabathi liphela.
Ngo-1998, u-Payne wanqoba uMongameli uBill Clinton ukuba ahambe aye eAfrika, kwaye wayezidla ngokuchitha iintsuku ezininzi kwi-Air Force One.
UClinton ufumene ulwamkelo oluthandekayo ngohlobo lokuma okomeleleyo.
Owayesakuba ngumongameli wayeza kuhlala yonke, imini yonke yenkonzo.
Enkosi ngokusivumela sonke ukuba sibe yinxalenye yale nto, uClinton uxelele usapho lakwaPayne.
Ujolise kuBill Payne okomzuzwana.
Ubungumzalwana olungileyo, utshilo uClinton. Ngamaxesha athile uDonald wenza le nto yokungazicingeli. Ke uBill kuyakufuneka ahambe emva kwakhe kwaye akhumbuze wonke umntu ukuba ukwipolitiki kwaye uneemfuno ezithile ezibalulekileyo.
UClinton uthe uCongressman Payne wamenza umongameli ongcono.
Wabalisa amabali amabini, elinye lalithetha ngeNyakatho yeIreland elinye ngelaseUganda.
Onke amaIreland ayikhathalele (uxolo kulo mmandla) - kunye noDonald Payne, utshilo umongameli.
EUganda, sihamba singena kule lali kwaye sabona iziqhamo zexabiso eliphantsi lerhafu yakho yokubonelela ngemalimboleko yamashishini amancinci kwimali mboleko kwilali. Iimali-mboleko zilinganise i- $ 50 nganye. Wandibuza, ‘Zingaphi kwezi sizikhuphayo?’ Ndathi, ‘$ 2 yezigidi,’ wathi, ‘Ayonelanga, andithi?’ Wabuya ekhaya wenza okuthile ngako. Wayesoloko esenza into malunga nayo. Wabona ibali lomntu kwaye laba libali lomntu.
Ndimthandile, wongeza umongameli. Wayengumkhonzi olungileyo nothembekileyo.
WayenguNewark, utshilo uSodolophu waseNewark uCory Booker. Ukuba uyayisika le ndoda, yayizopha ngezitena. Wonke umntu wabona kuye iingcambu zezona minqweno zethu ziphezulu. … Wayenokubhabha kwi-Air Force One, kodwa akazange aphulukane nokunxibelelana okuqhelekileyo. UCleaver wayekhe wabhekisa kwi-placid Payne eya eNewark okungenani isihlandlo esinye, kwaye uBooker wathetha ngobunono ukuba enkosi kuPayne, iNewark imele uxolo kunye nobubele kubantu abakumazwe ase-Afrika abachukunyiswe bubukho bakhe.
UMfu Al Sharpton naye uncome iPayne’s gravitas.
Amanye amagosa ethu anyuliweyo aba makhulu kangangokuba angabi namsebenzi kubantu abasebenzelayo, utshilo uSharpton. Abanye baya eTrenton ngokungathi sibanyulele amakhondo emisebenzi endaweni yemisebenzi yethu sonke. UDonald Payne akazange alibale ukuba kutheni esiya eWashington. Waqonda ukuba liphi ikhaya, yiyo loo nto ethandwa. Yonke indlela kude kube sekupheleni, wayenento enqabileyo. Wayenengqibelelo. Khange sikhathazeke xa uDonald Payne wangena egumbini. Asizange sikhathazeke ukuba uya kuba buthathaka okanye athengise. Wayenokuthamba kwaye athule kuba ezazi ukuba ungubani. Kwakungekho mfuneko yokuba abuyisele ukungazithembi kwakhe ngokuba nomzimba.
U-Payne akazange ahlupheke kwi-Negro amnesia.
Ndiyathemba ukuba sizakuzibophelela kule nto namhlanje, wongeze watsho umfundisi.
U-Lisa Jackson, umlawuli we-Arhente yokuKhuselwa kokusiNgqongileyo, uthe wakhumbula okokuqala esiya eWashington, DC ukuya kusebenza kulawulo luka-Obama. Ukhumbule inkangeleko yabahlobo bakhe edolophini elukhuni- ujongeka ngathi ungayenza le nto.
Inkangeleko kaDonald Payne yayihlukile kancinci, utshilo uJackson. Inkangeleko yayikukuba, ‘Ungayenza, kodwa kufuneka uyenze.’ Mnu. Payne, ngokuvalelisa, ndiyathembisa kungekuphela nje ukwenza umsebenzi kodwa ukunika abo bajonge ngasemva. Enkosi Mnumzana.
UCleaver wabalisa ibali kwiiveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo.
INkokeli yeNdlu encinci uNancy Pelosi wathi kuPayne, uDonald, goduka. Buyela ekhaya uphile.
Akazange, watsho uCleaver. Wavota. Kwaye emva kokuba iivoti zigqityiwe, wemka. Nditsho kuwe kuba kubalulekile ukwazi ukuba uDonald Payne waphila de wasweleka. Eyona nto imbi onokuyenza kukufa, ngelixa usaphila.
Abazili baquka uninzi lwezopolitiko zalapha, kubandakanya u-Sen. Ronald L. Rice (D-28), iNkokheli yeDemokhrasi kwiWadi yase-North uSteve Adubato, uSheriff Armando Fontoura, uSodolophu wase-East Orange uRobert Bowser, owayesakuba ngu-Rhulumende Richard Codey, owayesakuba ngu-Sodolophu u-Sharpe James, u-Assemblywoman L.Grace Spencer (D-29) kunye nendibano yeNdibano uTom Giblin (D-34).
Isigqeba se-Essex County uJoe DiVincenzo ukhumbule ukuxhaswa okubalulekileyo kukaPayne kugqatso lwakhe luka2002 nxamnye neGiblin.
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Inkxaso ka-ongressman Payne yokuba ndimi apha namhlanje njenge-executive county, utshilo uDiVincenzo.
Usihlalo weKomiti yeDemokhrasi yase-Essex uPhil Thigpen uthe ngomlingane wakhe wexesha elide, Silahlekelwe ngumhlobo, umxhasi kunye nomcebisi kunye nomntu ongakhange afune ikhredithi, wakhangela iziphumo.
USomlomo uSheila Oliver (D-34) ukhulele kwibloko enye yeWadi yoMzantsi kunye ne-congressman, apho uPayne wakhonza njengo-Mongameli we-block kwaye wamkhuthaza ngenkonzo yakhe yobunkokeli.
Iimbali zembali yaseNew Jersey ziya kumrekhoda njengendibano enkulu, utata omkhulu, utatomkhulu, umntakwabo, umalume kunye nomhlobo, satsho isithethi. Ukuthululwa kothando okuye kwabonakaliswa kusapho lakwaPayne bubungqina kubomi awayebuphila. Wakhetha icandelo elisondeleyo losapho kunye noluntu kunye nenqanaba labucala lengqondo yengqondo.
Kwirhafu, uOliver wafunda umbongo kaEmily Dickinson, kuba andinakuyeka ukufa.
I-icon yamalungelo oluntu uLewis akazange acele ukuthetha. Usapho lwambuza, kwaye wabulela.
Wayelinene elinjalo elihamba ngesidima, ikratshi kunye nobabalo, utshilo uLewis. Kodwa wayengaziphakamisi… eyona njongo yakhe yayikukukhusela abantu besithili sakhe. Wayengubhuti omhle. Wayengumbono othuleyo.
Iintlanganiso ezimbini zajikeleza iNewark ngoDisemba.
Amagama okugqibela awathethileyo ebengekho sempilweni yakhe, utshilo uLewis, ejonge ngasemva entlanganisweni. Babengabantu besithili sakhe. Wathi, ‘John, kuninzi kakhulu endifuna ukukwenza.’ Wayesithi, ngokungathi akagqibanga. Kwaye wayenyanisile.
Umfundisi Toney E. Jackson waseBethlehem Baptist Church, umfundisi we-congressman, waphakama wayizisa inkonzo esiphelweni sayo.
ICongressman uDonald Payne ngoku useluxolweni noThixo, utshilo. Thatha itotshi ubaleke nayo, uyigcine ivutha.
