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Flonzie Brown Wright
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Haihuwa Farmhaven (en) Fassara, 12 ga Augusta, 1942 (83 shekaru)
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Makaranta Tougaloo College (en) Fassara
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Flonzie Brown-Wright (wanda aka fi sani da Flonzie Brown-Goodloe; an haife shi a shekara ta 1942) ɗan gwagwarmayar kare Yankin bil'adama ne na Amurka, mai fafutukar kare hakkin zabe, malami, kuma marubuci.[1] A shekara ta 1968, an zabe ta Kwamishinan Zabe a Canton, ta zama mace baƙar fata ta farko da aka zaba a ofishin gwamnati a Mississippi tun zamanin sake ginawa.[2] Ta yi aiki tare da Martin Luther King Jr. . [3]

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An haifi Flonzie Brown a ranar 12 ga watan Agusta, 1942, a Farmhaven, Madison County, Mississippi, a cikin dangin Afirka ta Amirka, kuma an haife shi a Canton, Mississippi.[4][5] Iyayenta na iyali sun girma da ilimi da al'adu da yawa; kuma mahaifinta na iyali ya zama bautar.[5] Lokacin da take da shekaru 12 a shekara ta 1954, biyu daga cikin 'yan uwanta (shekaru 15 da 17) suna ziyartar ta a Canton daga Chicago kuma an kashe su da zalunci kuma an raba su.[1][6]

Brown-Wright ta halarci Makarantar Yesu Mai Tsarki, inda ta sadu da abokiyar ajiyarta Thea Bowman; kuma ta halarci makarantun jama'a na Canton. Brown-Wright ta halarci Kwalejin Tougaloo . [7]

"Voting, the right to vote or not having the right to vote was the crux of not only the civil rights movement, but every movement. So we have an obligation, it's not optional. We're not here because somebody thought it was a nice idea. We're here because people paid the price for people to have opportunities. So we must validate what they did as we say back in the day and if we don't do that then we do not acknowledge nor appreciate that struggle."

Brown-Wright (2020)[8]

Ta auri abokiyar yarinta kuma sun koma California, kuma suna da 'ya'ya uku, amma a shekarar 1962 ta sake aure. Brown-Wright ta yi wahayi zuwa gare ta ta ta dawo da iyalinta zuwa Mississippi bayan ta ga Freedom Rides na 1961 a talabijin.[5] Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da abinci a Biloxi, inda ta sadu da shugabannin kare hakkin bil'adama da lauyoyi Jack H. Young, R. Jess Brown, da Carsie Hall. [7] [9]

Bayan kisan Medgar Evers a 1963, ta himmatu ga aiki a cikin ƙungiyar kare hakkin bil'adama da farko ta mayar da hankali kan haƙƙin jefa kuri'a. Ta kuma zama Sakatariyar filin NAACP ta Mississippi a 1963.[1] Lokacin da Brown-Wright ta tafi yin rajista don jefa kuri'a, an ki amincewa da aikace-aikacen jefa kuri'arta saboda rashin sanin kalmar "habeas corpus"; don haka ta dauki wata daya don nazarin kundin tsarin mulkin Amurka kuma ta iya wucewa.[7] Ya zama ruwan dare a cikin shekarun 1960 ga Kwamishinan Zabe ya tambayi tambayoyi na bazuwar, don ya wuce gwajin rajistar masu jefa kuri'a.

A lokacin yunkurin kare hakkin bil'adama a cikin shekarun 1960, ta taimaka wajen yin rajistar dubban masu jefa kuri'a a jihar Mississippi. A shekara ta 1968, an zabe ta a matsayin Kwamishinan Zabe a Canton, inda aka ba ta aikin saka idanu kan zabe, horar da ma'aikatan zabe, kula da masu rajista, da kuma gudanar da bita na ilimi ga masu jefa kuri'a. Ta kai karar Hukumar Zabe saboda nuna bambanci ga 'yan takara da ma'aikatan zabe.[10]

A shekara ta 1966, bayan Maris da aka yi da Tsoro inda aka harbe James Meredith, Martin Luther King Jr. ya kawo masu zanga-zangar dubu uku zuwa Canton kuma ya nemi taimakon Brown-Wright tare da samun musu masauki.[4]

A wani taro a Birnin Chicago, ta sadu da Mamie Till, mahaifiyar wanda aka kashe Emmett Till . [6] Tsakanin 1969 da 1973, Brown Wright ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban Cibiyar Siyasa a Kwalejin Millsaps . [4] Ta yi aiki ga Hukumar Daidaitaccen Aiki daga 1974 zuwa 1989.[4] Ta kuma tafi yawon shakatawa na kasa don ba da laccoci da bita kan haƙƙin jefa kuri'a, [6] kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kungiyar mata don ci gaba a Mississippi.[11]

Ta wallafa wani labari mai suna, Looking Back to Move Ahead: An Experience of History and Hope (1st ed. 1996). [12] An haɗa labarin rayuwarta a cikin fim din, Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders (1997) na Laura J. Lipson.[13]

A cikin 2018, Majalisar Wakilai ta Amurka ta girmama ta. [14]

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  2. "Black history: Activist Flonzie Brown-Wright". 13 WTHR NBC (in Turanci). February 1, 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  3. Johnson, Jada (February 11, 2020). "Flonzie Brown Wright provides perspective". The Washburn Review. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Flonzie Brown Wright's Biography". The HistoryMakers (in Turanci). December 13, 2017. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Privett, Symphonie (February 6, 2019). "Women in Civil Rights: Flonzie Brown Wright". WLOX13 (Gray Media Group, Inc.) (in Turanci). WLBT. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Pickens, Erin (2022-02-08). "'You can't carry hate. You can't carry anger. It will destroy you,' civil rights leader says". WAPT (in Turanci). Retrieved 2022-10-21.
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  9. "Brown, R. Jess, Carsie A. Hall, and Jack H. Young, Sr". Mississippi Encyclopedia (in Turanci). Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  10. "Flonzie Brown Wright's Biography". The HistoryMakers (in Turanci). December 13, 2017. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  11. "Civil Rights Leader Slated to Speak in Columbus Tuesday". WCBI TV (in Turanci). 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  12. "Brown-Wright, Flonzie (Goodloe)". Mississippi Encyclopedia (in Turanci). Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  13. "'Standing On My Sisters' Shoulders' Civil Rights Documentary Will Be Presented Free By Pasadena Senior Center Online". Pasadena Now (in Turanci). August 17, 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  14. "Civil Rights Activist Flonzie Brown-Wright honored by House of Representatives". WJTV (in Turanci). March 28, 2018. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-21.