Matthew Jones (mai fafutuka)

Matthew Jones (mai fafutuka)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	17 Satumba 1936
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	30 ga Maris, 2011
Sana'a
Sana'a	mawaƙi
Kayan kida	murya

 

Matthew Jones (17 ga Satumba, 1936 - 30 ga Maris, 2011 ) ya kasance mawaƙi / marubucin waƙoƙi na Afirka da aka sani da kasancewa sakatare na Kwamitin Gudanar da Dalibai ba tare da tashin hankali ba kuma wani ɓangare na 'yanci mawaƙa a cikin shekarun 1960. Jones ya fito ne daga Nashville, Tennessee, amma kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin malamin makaranta a Macon, Georgia. An kama shi sau 20 saboda wannan gwagwarmayar kare hakkin bil'adama.

Yunkurin 'Yancin Bil'adama

Matthew Jones ya kasance mai karatu, ƙwararren mawaƙi, kuma ya zama mai aiki a cikin Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Bil'adama lokacin da ya shiga Ƙungiyar Ɗaliban Nashville a cikin 1960. Jones ya kasance mai shiga tsakani a cikin motsi a Danville, Virginia, inda ya shirya wani rukuni na murya, Danville Freedom Voices, a 1963.

Jones ya koma Atlanta, Jojiya, tare da ɗan'uwansa Marshall, wanda shi ma yana da alaƙa da SNCC da ƙungiyar kiɗa, Freedom Singers .

Matthew Jones ya fuskanci Ku Klux Klan a lokuta da yawa kuma ya jimre da kama mutane 29 a lokacin Yunkurin Kare Hakkin Bil'adama. Kwarewarsa ta haɓaka shi ya zama "mai raira waƙoƙin 'yanci" a zahiri.

"Ba na tunanin kaina a matsayin ma'aikacin al'adu, "in ji Jones. "Ni mawaƙin 'yanci ne; mai fafutukar' yanci. Ko da yaushe na kasance mai fafutuka na' yanci; Wataƙila zan sauka ta wannan hanyar, ma. Waƙoƙin' yanci sun bambanta da sauran waƙoƙin zanga-zangar saboda da gaske mantra ne. Amfani da maimaitawa yana ba da damar fahimtar saƙon. Idan muka raira wata sanarwa mai ƙarfi sau da yawa a cikin waƙa, kamar 'Wannan ƙaramin hasken nawa, zan bar shi,' to za mu iya haskaka shi.'

Rayuwa ta baya

Matthew Jones ya yi wasan kwaikwayonsa a duk duniya, gami da 'yan ta'adda a Arewacin Ireland.

A lokacin yunkurin Anti-Vietnam War ya rubuta rikodin 45-rpm, "Hell No, We Ain't Gonna Go" wanda aka goyi bayan shi a wancan gefen tare da "Super Sam".

A kowane wasan kwaikwayon, Jones ya haɗa da "The Freedom Chant," wata tabbacin da ya dogara da sanannen magana ta Fannie Lou Hamer da nasa shekaru da yawa na aikin kai tsaye.

"Ina rashin lafiya kuma na gaji da rashin lafiya da gajiya. Ba zan bari kowa a kowane lokaci ya keta hankalina ko jikina a kowane nau'i, tsari ko salon. Idan suka yi, dole ne su yi hulɗa da Ni nan da nan! Freedom! Freedom!

Bayan kusan shekara guda na rashin lafiya, Jones ya mutu a Birnin New York a ranar 30 ga Maris, 2011.