U-Muhammad Ali uphakamise iminwe emihlanu ukuqikelela ukuba zingaphi imijikelezo eya kumthatha ukuba anqonqoze umlo wamanqindi wase-Bhritane u-Henry Cooper ngoMeyi 27, 1963.Kent Gavin / Keystone / Getty Izithombe Kwifilimu yeendaba ezimdaka, ezindala, umfanekiso kaGqirha Martin Luther King Jr.yinto encinci, kodwa amazwi acacile.
Intatheli ye-off-camera ibuza uGqirha uKing malunga nembethi manqindi ye-heavyweight uCassius Clay, ongazange avume ukujoyina uMkhosi wase-United States xa wayedweliswa ngexesha leMfazwe yase-Vietnam.
Wenza le nto ayenzayo ngesazela, utshilo uGqirha King. Unyanisekile ngokupheleleyo. Ndiya kuxhasa ngokuqinisekileyo izenzo zakhe.
Kwesinye isiqeshana esikwasasasazo se-ABC, u-Muhammad Ali-akasekho uCassius Clay-uthi uyala ukuya emfazweni ngenxa yesazela kuba engumphathiswa weSizwe samaSilamsi.
Ngamazwi avakala ngokwahlukileyo ngo-Epreli 28, 1967, kunanamhlanje, u-Ali uthetha ngo-Allah, abangakholwayo kunye neKoran njengokuba ababhali beendaba behlola amaSilamsi amnyama amele wona.
Hayi, andizukuhamba iikhilomitha ezingama-10 000 ukusuka apha ndiyokunceda ukubulala nokubulala abanye abantu abahlwempuzekileyo ukuze baqhubeke nolawulo lweenkosi ezimhlophe zamakhoboka ngaphezulu kwabantu abamnyama bomhlaba, utshilo uAli. Iintshaba zokwenyani zabantu bam zilapha-hayi eVietnam.
Namhlanje sisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 sokwala kuka-Ali ukukhonza. Kwangoko, wahluthwa isihloko sobuntshatsheli kwaye wanqunyanyiswa ngabasemagunyeni kumdlalo wamanqindi.
UAli wayeneminyaka engama-25 ubudala kwaye wayeza kuphoswa ngaphezulu kweminyaka emithathu ekwinqanaba lobomi bakhe. Ngaphantsi konyaka, uGqirha uKing wayeza kubulawa. Kwakulixesha elinomsindo, elinobundlobongela no-Ali umdlali ophambili, udibanisa ubuhlanga, inkolo, ezemidlalo kunye nezopolitiko.
Ndoda, andinangxabano nabo eViet Cong, utshilo u-Ali. Akukho Viet Cong yabizwa ngokuba yi 'Nigger.'
Ukuba uluvo lwakho lwembaleki epolitiki ngu-ColL Kaepernick ongavumiyo ukumela umhobe wesizwe, cinga ngokwenzekileyo emva kokuba u-Ali emile.
Kwiiveki ezintlanu kamva eCleveland, iqela elingaqhelekanga leembaleki ezimnyama zahlangana kunye noAli ukuxhasa.
Babandakanya umdlali webhola ophambili uJim Brown, umdlali webhola yomnyazi uBill Russell kunye neenkwenkwezi zekholeji yebhola ekhatywayo uLew Alcindor, kamva owaziwa njengoKareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Ngexesha apho abantu abamnyama ababethetha ngokungekho sikweni babebizwa ngokuba ngabanyanzelekileyo kwaye bahlala bebanjwa ngento enye okanye enye, uMuhammad ngokuzithandela wancama eyona minyaka ibalaseleyo yomsebenzi wakhe ukuze eme ayilwele into awayekholelwa ukuba ilungile, utshilo u-Abdul-Jabbar kunyaka ophelileyo Facebook kulandela ukusweleka kuka-Ali. Ngokwenza njalo, wenza ukuba bonke abantu baseMelika-abamnyama nabamhlophe-bame bade. Ndingaba [zii-7 zonyawo-2], kodwa andizange ndizive ndide kunaxa ndimi emthunzini wakhe.
Ukuchasana kuka-Ali kukhuthaze ezinye iimbaleki ezimnyama. Kunyaka olandelayo, iingcali zeembasa zase-Olimpiki zaseMelika u-Tommie Smith kunye noJohn Carlos baphosa amanqindi amnyama amnyama ngaphezulu kwisenzo se-Black Power ngexesha lokudlala kwe-Star-Spangled Banner eMexico City.
Umba wokuyilwa kuka-Ali yayiyiliza elinye kuphela kwitsunami yenguqu yenkcubeko ngo-1967. Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa emva kokuba uAli emelene nokuchasa idrafti, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yawubhalisa ngokusemthethweni umtshato wabantu bezinye iintlanga Ukuthanda iVirginia kwaye iiBeatles zakhululwa Sgt. Iklabhu yeentliziyo ezizodwa kaPepper Ibhendi . Phakathi kwabo bakwicwecwe le-albhamu yayinguSonny Liston, owayengaphambi kuka-Ali njengentshatsheli.
Kwiinyanga ezalandelayo, Ihlobo Lothando lwathatha iingcambu eSan Francisco, kwaye abantu abangama-43 basweleka kuqhushululu olusekwe kubuhlanga eDetroit. Ifilimu eyaziwayo Kubushushu bobusuku ubonise umdlali omncinci, omnyama uSidney Poitier eqhwaba ubuso bomntu omdala, omhlophe ngokobuhlanga.
Xa uAli engavumi ukuya phambili, ezona ntsana zidala zazineminyaka engama-21 ubudala. Omncinci wayefunde nje ukuhamba nokuthetha ngelixa abantakwabo abadala befunda ukumatsha kunye nokucula ngokuchasene nemfazwe.
U-Ali wanika amadoda athile eminyaka yobudala inkalipho yokuqhankqalaza kunye nokufuna ukurhoxiswa njengabantu abangavumiyo ukuya emkhosini. Ngoku, kwawona la ma-boomers angaphezulu kwama-50 kwaye ayothusa indlela elibaleka ngayo ixesha.
Xa u-Ali wasweleka kunyaka ophelileyo, wazisola ngokunyanisekileyo njengentshatsheli eguqukayo kunye nethandwayo, iqhawe lomntu kunye nommeli wemvisiswano phakathi kwezizwe. Kodwa ithoni yayihluke kakhulu emva kokwala uyilo eHouston.
Owayethetha phezulu yayinguJackie Robinson, umdlali we-baseball osethathe umhlala-phantsi kunye neqhawe laseMelika elidibanise i-Major League Baseball kwiminyaka engama-20 kuphela ngaphambili.
URobinson wagxeka uAli.
Uyonzakalisa, ndiyacinga, isimilo samajoni amaNegro aselula amaninzi eVietnam, utshilo uRobinson. Kwaye intlekele, kum, kukuba uCassius wenze izigidi zeedola kuluntu lwaseMelika, kwaye ngoku akazimiselanga ukubonisa uxabiso.
Kwaye kwavela kwinto eyayibizwa ngokuba luluntu lwamaNigro. Abanye abamhlophe babenzima kakhulu. Umhleli kwi Imidlalo eboniswe wathi, Ngaphandle kweiglavu zakhe, u-Ali ngomnye nje umntu okhulelweyo kwaye uxolisa ngenxa yenkolo yakhe, kwaye izimvo zakhe ngeVietnam azifanelanga ukuphikiswa.
Ityala lakhe latyhila ilizwi lika-Ali elalishicilelwe kwimisonto ye-FBI kaGqirha uKumkani noElijah Muhammad, owayekhokela iSizwe samaSilamsi sisuka eChicago. Emva kokuba u-Ali enetyala lokuthintela ukuba angabanjwa kwaye wagwetywa iminyaka emihlanu entolongweni, wagwetywa ngu-David Susskind, umabonakude waseMelika.
Ulihlazo kwilizwe lakhe, ubuhlanga bakhe kunye nento ayichazayo ehlekisayo njengomsebenzi wakhe, utshilo uSusskind. Ungumntu ogwetyiweyo ... Ungaphandle ngebheyile. Ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuya ejele, njengoko kufanelekile. Usisidenge esilula kunye nenqina.
USusskind wayengalunganga. Njengokuba uluntu lwaseMelika lwajika lwayichasa imfazwe, u-Ali wayifumana ilayisensi yakhe kwaye wabuyela kwiringi ngo-1970 Udongwe v. IUnited States yatshitshiswa yiNkundla ePhakamileyo ngo-1971. Waphinda waliphumelela itayitile ngo-1974, unyaka emva kokupheliswa koyilo.
Imfazwe yaphela, ama-boomers amadala, kwaye uAli wabuthathaka kwiminyaka yakhe yamva. Ngexesha elinye lokuphila-ngaphaya kobungangamsha beembaleki- i-persona yakhe yayihle kwimbongi-eqhula isiqhulo ukuya kumlo ophikisanayo omnyama ukuya koyise omkhulu othandekayo kwimidlalo yaseMelika.
Kwaye, ekugqibeleni, igama kwimigca yokuvelisa. I-Millennials kufuneka ixolele ookhokho babo abancinci ukuba bazigubungele iziqingatha zeminyaka yenkulungwane enje ngesikhumbuzo sika-Ali ngokuchasene noyilo.
Sisondela kwiminyhadala yeminyhadala ebumbe ulwazi lokuzalwa oluhlala lukhona namhlanje. Kungekudala kuza kufika isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 sokubulawa kukaRobert Kennedy kulandelwe kokufika komhlaba kwenyanga yokuqala kunye neWoodstock kunye neKent State kunye nokushiya kukaRichard Nixon njengomongameli.
Ndakhe ndabuza umntu endisebenza naye kwiphephandaba ukuba sibhala kakhulu malunga nexesha elidlulileyo.
Awusoze ubhale kakhulu malunga nexesha elidlulileyo, utshilo. Abantu abaninzi bahlala apho.
UJoe Lapointe uchithe iminyaka engama-20 njengentatheli kwezemidlalo INew York Times kwaye wasebenza njengomvelisi wecandelo lokuBala kunye noKeith Olbermann. Kutshanje, ufundise ubuntatheli kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York, eRutgers nakwiYunivesithi yaseLong Island-eBrooklyn. Mlandele kwi-twitter: @joelapointe
