Ralph Featherstone

Ralph Featherstone
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1939
Mutuwa	1970
Sana'a

Ralph Featherstone (Mayu 26, 1939 - Maris 9, 1970) ya kasance ɗan gwagwarmayar siyasa na Amurka tare da Kwamitin Gudanar da Dalibai.

Tarihin rayuwa

An haifi Featherstone a Washington, DC a cikin 1939.

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Malamai ta Washington DC, SNCC ta tura Featherstone zuwa Philadelphia, Mississippi, inda ya shiga cikin 1964 Freedom Summer . A McComb, Mississippi, ya kafa "Freedom School" a matsayin madadin makarantun jihohi masu rarrabe, kuma ya koyar da azuzuwan a can. Daga baya ya tafi Selma, Alabama, inda aka kama shi kuma daga baya ya koyar da azuzuwan a kurkuku.

A lokacin da yake Mississippi, Featherstone yana da alaƙa da Chude Pam Allen, mai shirya Freedom Summer.

A lokacin rani na 1966, Featherstone da Howard Zinn sun yi tafiya zuwa Japan don gabatar da laccoci game da shigar Amurka cikin yaƙi a Vietnam. A shekara ta 1967, ya yi tafiya zuwa Cuba.

A shekara ta 1967, Featherstone ya zama sakataren shirin kwamitin kula da dalibai. A wannan watan Oktoba, ya halarci wani taro a New Mexico wanda Alianza Federal de Mercedes ta shirya, wanda ya ba da shawara ga haƙƙin ƙasa ga Hispano New Mexicans.

Featherstone a cikin rawar da ya taka tare da SNCC ya goyi bayan Dalilin Palasdinawa, yana cewa, "Isra'ila kuma koyaushe ta kasance kayan aiki da tushe ga masu cin zarafin Amurka da Burtaniya a Gabas ta Tsakiya da Afirka. " Ya kare wani littafin SNCC na 1967 bayan Yaƙin Kwanaki shida wanda ya haɗa gwagwarmayar kare hakkin baƙar fata a Amurka tare da gwagwarmaya ta Palasdinawa don tabbatar da kai.

A shekara ta 1968, Featherstone, tare da abokan tarayya a cikin SNCC, sun kafa kantin sayar da littattafai na Drum & Spear a Washington, DC, wanda ke nuna marubutan baki.

A watan Fabrairun 1970, Featherstone ta auri 'yar'uwarta mai fafutukar kare hakkin bil'adama Charlotte Orange .

Mutuwa

A ranar 9 ga Maris, 1970, yayin da yake tafiya tare da abokin aikin SNCC William "Che" Payne zuwa shari'ar H. Rap Brown, wani bam ya kashe Featherstone a kan Hanyar Amurka 1 1 a Bel Air, Maryland. Su biyu za su kasance da alhakin jigilar Brown cikin aminci zuwa shari'arsa. Bam din ya fashe daga bene na gaba na motarsu, inda ya kashe mazauna biyu. Masu adawa da SNCC da 'yan sanda sun yi zargin cewa magoya bayan H. Rap Brown ne suka dasa bam din da gangan kafin a yi masa shari'a kuma ya fashe ba da gangan ba. Magoya bayan Brown sun yi zargin kisan kai da masu tsattsauran ra'ayi na gida suka yi, kuma sun ambaci shirin COINTELPRO na FBI a matsayin shaida game da makircin dama. Dangane da wata sanarwa da jaridar Spear of the Nation ta buga kuma gwauruwar Featherstone, Charlotte ta amince da ita, fashewar bam kisan siyasa ne da aka yi niyya ga Brown. Jaridar ta yi iƙirarin, "A cikin dare an sanya bam mai fashewa a cikin motansu. Ba da daɗewa ba kafin tsakar dare bam din ya fashe, kuma an kashe Ralph da Che nan take...Waɗannan kashe-kashen wani aikin siyasa ne da aka tsara wa baƙar fata a ko'ina".

An kai toka na Featherstone zuwa Legas, Najeriya, inda aka binne su a wani bikin Yoruba wanda mutane 10,000 suka halarta.