Harin da aka kai wa John Shillady

Harin da aka kai wa John Shillady

  Samfuri:Campaignbox Red SummerJohn Rhode Shillady (1875 -1943) ya kasance mai gwagwarmayar siyasa na Irish-Amurka wanda ya kasance Babban Sakatare na Ƙungiyar Ƙasa don Ci gaban Mutanen Launi (NAACP) daga 1918 zuwa 1920. : Wani taron jama'a ya kai masa hari kuma ya buge shi sosai a Austin, Texas, a ranar 22 ga watan Agusta, 1919. Harin ya faru ne a cikin hasken rana a cikin garin Austin, kuma masu aikata laifin sun yi alfahari da shi a fili. Raunin Shillady ya bar tasirin jiki da motsin rai na dogon lokaci.

Tarihi

Shillady ya tafi Texas, wanda shine reshe na jihar da ke girma da sauri na NAACP, bayan Babban Lauyan Texas ya ce NAACP ba ta da takardar shaidar jihar kuma ba za ta iya aiki a Texas ba. Ya kuma ce adawar kungiyar ga wariyar launin fata ta keta dokar jihar. : 165 

Shillady ya isa ta jirgin kasa a ranar 20 ga watan Agusta. Kashegari, bayan ganawa da jami'ai daban-daban, wani taron fararen mutane 8 zuwa 10 sun fuskanci shi, ciki har da alƙalin gundumar David Pickle, ɗan sanda Charles Hamby, da Ben Pierce. Sun yi masa hidima tare da kira, kuma suka kai shi ga wani asirin "kocin bincike", : 8 : "don gano abin da ya ziyarce shi. " Alkalin shi ne M. M. Johnson. "An gabatar da ayyukan da irin waɗannan tambayoyin kamar: 'Idan kai mai son "baƙar fata" ne me ya sa ba za ka je ka zauna a otal din "baƙarƙashiya" ba?', da kuma irin waɗannan tambayoyyi game da shaidar da iyalinsa. " : 9-10 "An yi ƙoƙari don nuna cewa Ƙungiyar Ƙasa tana ƙoƙarin keta dokokin Texas ta hanyar ... faɗakar da daidaito da ba a raba su ba a kan motocin jirgin ƙasa" : 8 Duk da Shillady "ya karanta cikin rikodin" game da Kungiyar da Taron Kasa kan Lynching: 9 ba a taɓa samun wannan rikodin ba. Pickens ya tsawata masa kuma ya bukaci ya bar Texas nan da nan, wanda ya ki yi.

Harin

Kashegari, ya lura cewa ana inuwa da shi. : 9 Da karfe 10 na safe, a waje da Otal din Driskill inda yake zaune, kungiyar ta sake fuskantar shi. Lokacin da Shillady ya ce "Ba ku ga ra'ayina ba," ɗan sanda Hanly "ya buge shi a idonsa na dama kuma ya ce 'Zan gyara ku don haka ba za ku iya gani ba'". (An ɗaure hannunsa na Hanly daga baya; wasu rahotanni sun ce Pickle ne ya buge shi. ) Sauran sun shiga, kuma an "buɗe shi da yawa"; ban da baƙar ido, yana zubar da jini daga kai, kuma jikinsa da fuskarsa sun kasance "mai rauni sosai. " :">: 166  Bayan likita ya ɗora fuskarsa, magajin garin Austin ya aika da jami'in 'yan sanda a matsayin mai kula da shi, bisa buƙatar Shillady, [1]: 10 kuma masu kai masa hari sun bi shi zuwa tashar jirgin ƙasa kuma sun kasance har sai ya shiga jirgin ƙasa na gaba zuwa arewa, zuwa St. Louis. An gargadi shi kada ya sauka daga jirgin kasa a Texas. : 165 Ziyararsa a cikin tashoshin Waco da Dallas sun tabbatar da cewa bai bar jirgin ba.

Bayan haka

Alkalin Pickle ya yi alfahari da sa hannu. Sunayen dukkan ukun sun bayyana daga baya a wannan rana a cikin wani labarin shafi na gaba a cikin Austin Statesman . Pickle ya yi sanarwa ga wani mai ba da rahoto:

Mutane da yawa a cikin gundumar sun gargadi Shillady cewa tashin hankali bai dace da mutanen unguwar ba kuma zai zama da hikima a gare shi ya daina. Lokacin da muka ji labarin tafiyarsa a cikin gari... mun yanke shawarar sauka, saduwa da shi, kuma a matsayin 'yan ƙasa masu zaman kansu kuma ba a matsayinmu ba, don ba shi kyakkyawar damuwa a kan ka'idojin gaba ɗaya. Shillady yana ba da shawarar kawar da duk dokokin Jim Crow, kafa daidaiton launin fata har zuwa amfani da otal-otal, gidajen cin abinci, gidajen wasan kwaikwayo, jiragen fasinja, masu barci da irin waɗannan abubuwa.

A mayar da martani ga binciken da Mary White Ovington, Shugaban Kwamitin NAACP, Mataimakin Sheriff Gene Barbisch ya amsa:

Sakatarenku, John R. Shilladay, ya isa Austin kuma fararen mutanen da ke da jan jini sun karbe shi. Kamar yadda muka buƙaci kowane irin sa (maza masu fata masu son baƙi) mun tura shi gida zuwa gare ku. Muna kula da al'amuranmu a nan, kuma muna ba da shawarar cewa ku yi haka a can.

"Gwamnan William P. Hobby ya zargi Shillady"; an nakalto shi a cikin manema labarai yana cewa "Na yi imani da aika duk wani mai gyarawa mai kwakwalwa, mai sau biyu wanda ya zo nan da ƙarshen don tayar da rashin jin daɗin launin fata zuwa Arewa inda ya fito, tare da karyewar jaw idan ya cancanta". : 11

NAACP ta buga takarda mai shafi 12 a kan "mobbing".

Baya ga raunin jiki, ya kasance "mai cike da motsin rai". : "Rashin hankali", shekara bayan haka ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na NAACP. : 333