Umlando Omnyama eMemphis

Abantu Neziganeko

Inyanga yeMbali Yomnyama ngoFebruwari kodwa uMemphis ujabulela ifa layo elihlukahlukeneyo unyaka wonke. Kwiminyaka emininzi edlulileyo, inani labantu abavelele baseMerika lenze amakhaya abo apha. Ngokufanayo, kukho iziganeko ezinkulu kwiimbali ezimnyama ezenzeka khona apha eMemphis. Olu luhlu lulandelayo lubandakanya abanye abadlali abakhulu kunye neziganeko eMemphis.

• 01 ngo-06

  Ukubulawa kukaDkt Martin Luther King Jr.

  Ngo-Epreli 4, 1968 ngokuqinisekileyo yayinye yeentsuku ezimnyama eMlande. Ngaloo mini, uDkt Martin Luther King Jr wabulawa kwi-balcony yeLorraine Motel eMemphis. Olu lwaphulo-mthetho lwalubuhlungu nje kuphela kwisixeko, kodwa kuhlanga lonke. Ngo-1991, nangona kunjalo, isixeko savula iMyuziyam yoLungelo loLuntu kwiSizwe sokubulawa kukaKumkani. Ngo-2014, i-museum yafumana ukulungiswa kweedola ezili-million kwaye yavulwa kwakhona.

• 02 we-06

  BB King

  URiley B. King, owaziwayo kangcono njengeB BB King, ungumculi we-African-American blues owafika udumo ngqo eMemphis. Isitayela sakhe esandul 'ukukhawuleza samshukumisela ukuba sibe yimpumelelo yendawo kwaye ibe yimpumelelo yesizwe. Uye waba neempembelelo ezininzi zomculo ezaza emva kwakhe kwaye umculo wakhe uyaqhubeka uhlala kwindawo eyaziwayo kwiBeal Street nangaphezulu. Ifa lakhe lihlala nangona emva kokudlula kwakhe ngo-2015. Ithenda yesithathu ibizwe ngokuthi "BB King Boulevard" ngokuhlonipha kwakhe.

• 03 we-06

  Al Green

  U-Al Green ungomnye wabalungiseleli abadumileyo eMemphis. Ngaphambi koko, wayengomnye wabahlabeleli bomphefumlo owaziwayo oma-70. Igalelo lakhe kwi-R & B, iindaba ezilungileyo kunye nomphefumlo usabonakala namhlanje kwaye ubulungiseleli bakhe kwi-Full Gospel Tabernacle uyaqhubeka bekhula.

• 04 we-06

  WC Handy

  Ukuba kukho nayiphi na umbuzo malunga negalelo le-WC kwiMboniselo yomculo, qwa lasela igama lakhe lomnxeba: UYise weBlues. Eli gama lingumxholo wempembelelo ye-Handy kwaye uzuzwa ngokuphuhlisa uhlobo lweblues njengoko siyazi namhlanje. Ngenxa yokuba i-first and most famous hit, "Memphis Blues," yabhalwa apha apha kwiSixeko saseBluff, siyawahlonela ukuba senze isiqwenga ngembeko yakhe, ipaki egama lakhe negama.

• 05 ka 06

  Robert Church

  URobert Church wenza igalelo elikhulu ekuqhubekeni kwamalungelo oluntu - amashumi eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba kubekho ukunyuswa kwamalungelo oluntu jikelele. Eyaziwayo njengowomninimzi wokuqala wobumnyama wokuqala, iBandla laliyinkokheli yoshishini kunye nomkhokeli woluntu. Waseka iPaki yeCawa kunye noPhicotho-zincwadi ngokukhawuleza yaba yindawo yokuhlanganisela abantu base-Afrika nabamaMerika. Namhlanje, ipaki iyakuthandwa ngabantu bazo zonke iintlanga.

• 06 we-06

  UMbhishophu uCharles Mason

  UMbhishophu uCharles Mason ungomnye wabalungiseleli abadumileyo eMemphis. Wazalelwa kumaxesha amakhoboka ngo-1866 kodwa waqhubeka waba ngumsunguli weCawa likaThixo kuKristu. I-COGIC yiyona nxalenye enkulu yePentekosti kunye ne-5 yenkulu yobuKristu inkolo e-United States. Ngaloo ndlela, ubukho bayo buvezwa kakhulu kwiMemphis njengoko ikomkhulu lecawa lilapha apha.