Umtyholi wayebetha umfazi wakhe njengoko ndandiwela umgca welizwe laseAlabama. Ndandiqhuba ndisuka eNashville, ndingxamile ukuya eMuscle Shoals, kwaye ndandifikile apho i-65-iinyoka zehla ukusuka kumbindi weTennessee kunye neepos; Highland Rim. Xa umendo wendlela uphuma kwakhona kwaye ubaleka ngokuthe ngqo, wena kunye neapos zikwiNtliziyo ekhulayo yomqhaphu kaDixie, njengoko iAlabama yaziwa njalo ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-1950.
Izisuli zomoya kwimoto endiyiqeshileyo ngokuzama ukuzama ukuhamba ngesantya semvula ka-Agasti. Emva koko, kuqhwatywa izandla, ilanga lagqobhoza kwaye labanika ubumnyama ubumnyama, nanjengoko imvula yayiqhubekeka ukuna-kwintsomi yaseMazantsi, loo mtyholi wayebetha umfazi wakhe. Isitshizi esikhanyayo sasingcangcazela ngaphezulu kwendlela, kwaye ukukhanya kwelanga kwakhupha amadlelo amanzi macala omabini. Ukukhanya kunye nenkungu zavela kunye, zahlula igolide. Kwistiriyo, ilizwi lika-Aretha Franklin kunye neapos linyuka lisiya kwiivesi zikaMariya, Don & Apos Uyalila, likhanya kubuqaqawuli belanga. Xa amafu evaliweyo kwakhona, bendiphumile ngaphakathi nakwindlela ezimbini emva kwemoto enephepha mvume iLUV BAMA. Ndidlulise intsimi yeKing Cotton, amagqabi ayo amnyama njenge-poison ivy.
Izihlunu zemisipha zazingacetyelwanga ukuba zibekhona kuhambo lwam, kodwa ndandiseNashville xa ndeva malunga nokusweleka kuka-Aretha & apos, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndihlawule imbeko yam kwiFAME Studios, apho uKumkanikazi womphefumlo wabeka iingoma ezaziza kuthi ekugqibeleni zibe ngumsebenzi wakhe- Ukuchaza irekhodi, andizange ndiyithande indoda ngendlela endikuthanda ngayo. Ndithenge isithsaba somngcwabo kunye ne-LP yeediliya yeAretha & apos; yegolide ukushiya njengembuyekezo ndaza ndaya eFAME kwimoto ebizwa Umphefumlo - ukunyaniseka ngokulunga, iarhente yerenti indinike iKia Soul. Isitudiyo sasiza kuvalwa ezintlanu.
Ukufika kwam apho nge-4: 15, indoda entle kwiofisi engaphambili yaphulaphula ibali lam kwaye yathi ukhenketho lokugqibela lolo suku sele luqalisile, kodwa ndamkelekile ukuba ndilujoyine. Ndityhale ndavula ucango ndangena estudiyo esisebenza ekhaphethini. INJineli edumileyo yaphazamisa uhambo lwayo indibulisa. 'Ngena,' watsho. Ndiyabalisa amabali malunga no-Aretha Franklin.
Wayephakathi kwendawo eyaziwayo: indlela umvelisi weAtlantic Records uJerry Wexler awayezise ngayo uFranklin kwiFAME ukurekhoda kunye ne-Swampers, ibhendi yendlu eya kuqhubeka nokubuyisela iRolling Stones, u-Etta James, noPaul Simon, bafumana iqela -Kwaye FAME uqobo- umculo ukungafi. Iseshoni yathatha usuku nje olunye ngenxa yomlo onxilileyo phakathi kwendoda ye-Aretha kunye ne-apos; kunye nemvumi. I-Swampers kamva yaya eNew York ukugqiba i-albhamu kunye ne-apos; s isihloko somkhondo kunye ne-'Nhlonipho, 'i-Aretha & apos; inombolo yokuqala yokubetha. Ukumkanikazi wayefikile, kwaye ulawulo lwakhe lwaqala ngosuku olunye kwakweli gumbi, utshilo injineli yesandi.
Iindwendwe zajonga ngapha nangapha, zahlunguzela iintloko, zenza ingxolo encinci. Omnye wathetha: 'Ibiyi….' utshilo, phambi kwamagama atyhafileyo phantsi kobunzima boyika. Iinjineli zigqibile ukucinga ngaye-kuthi sonke. 'Yayiyimbalasane leyo.'
ISikhumbuzo soXolo eMontgomery, Alabama ISikhumbuzo soXolo noBulungisa, eMontgomery, sihlonipha imemori yamaxhoba e-lynching e-United States. | Ityala: URinne AllenIveki yamanqanaba abalulekileyo: yindlela & iapos endizichaza ngayo i Uhambo lwendlela ngeAlabama. Indawo yasekhaya yiTennessee, kodwa mna & apos; zange ndaya eAlabama ngaphandle komntu omtsha onxilileyo woNyaka oMtsha kunye ne-apos; uEva e-Opelika. Uninzi lwento encinci endiyaziyo ngurhulumente ibilise kwixesha lamalungelo oluntu kunye nebhola ekholejini. Kwaye umculo, ukusuka kwii-Blind Boys zaseAlabama ukuya eAlabama Shakes. Ukuba ndicinezelwe, bendinokuza noTruman Capote noHarper Lee besebeza ngeemfihlo zobuntwana eMonroeville, isosi emhlophe yebhakhwe, kunye nento malunga nenkqubo yendawo eseHuntsville. I-Alabama yengqondo yam yayixhonywe ngezidanga zefashoni, kwaye ukucinga kwayo kwandenza ndangonwabi, njengelungu losapho elithi ngamanye amaxesha lityibilike igama elinobuhlanga.
Kwakungenanto yokwenza, ngamanye amagama, kunye ne-I & apos; ukuva kubahlobo abathembekileyo malunga ne-Alabama edlamkileyo, eqhubela phambili abayaziyo: Imfashini echumayo kunye nemiboniso yomculo ejikeleze iFlorence, ngaphesheya komlambo ukusuka kwiMiscle Shoals. Inkcubeko yokutya ephucukileyo eBirmingham. Uyilo loyilo kunye nezolimo ngaphandle kweBlack Belt, ingingqi ebizwa ngokuba ngumhlaba otyebileyo, omnyama. Ukuzalwa kwakhona, ukubuya, ii-accolades. Kunyaka ophelileyo, isikhumbuzo esitsha, iSikhumbuzo seSizwe soXolo noBulungisa, savulwa eMontgomery. (Isiphatho sayo esidityanisiweyo, 'isikhumbuzo se-lynching,' sichaza kabuhlungu.) Kwaye kwabakho ukuvulwa kwakhona okuhle Grand Hotel kwi Mobile Bay , Kwaye, ezantsi eGulf Shores, isizukulwana esitsha sabalimi beembatyisi, abalobi, kunye nabapheki abathi, emva kwe-Deepwater Horizon, bebephindaphinde babuyisela umda wonxweme sardonically ebizwa ngokuba yiRedneck Riviera. Ngaphandle kwezopolitiko zaseAlabama zenze izinto ezimangalisayo. Ngo-2017, u-Democrat u-Doug Jones, igqwetha elaphumelela ekutshutshiseni amaKlansmen amabini ahlasela iBirmingham kunye ne-apos; s 16th Street Baptist Church ngo-1963, wanyulwa kwi-Senate yase-U.S. Kwakuloo nyaka, uRandall Woodfin, owayenobuhlobo kwezopolitiko oneminyaka engama-37 ubudala wase-Afrika-waseMelika, waphumelela ugqatso losodolophu waseBirmingham. Ngobusuku beminyaka engama-200 yesiganeko sobume, kwakukho iAlabama entsha yokufumanisa.
Iindawo ezivela eAlabama Ukusuka ekhohlo: Umqondiso ophawula indawo apho ukungathobeli kukaRosa Parks kwasungula uhlaselo lwebhasi yaseMontgomery; Usodolophu waseBirmingham uRandall Woodfin. | Ityala: URinne AllenNdandisoyika ngokufanayo. IAlabama ayithwaliswanga ngokukhethekileyo nembali yobuhlanga yaseMelika, ndiyazi. IZiko lezoMthetho leNdlala eseMazantsi, eseMontgomery, libhale phantsi amaqela entiyo kuwo onke la mazwe aseMelika. Kodwa ngandlela thile ubunzima bokungabikho kokungabikho kobulungisa babonakala busondele kumphezulu wombuso apho uJefferson Davis wafungiswa khona njengomongameli we-Confederacy. Ukuzilungiselela, ndaphinda ndafunda kwakhona uGqirha Martin Luther King Jr. & iapos's 'Ileta evela eBirmingham Jail' kwaye ndacofa imifanekiso yabamatshi behlaselwa zizinja zamapolisa kunye namagosa aphethe imibhobho yomlilo.
'Ngaba nizindlu zeAlabama?'
Bendivele ndahlala phantsi satya e Odette , indawo yokutyela etafileni etafileni eFlorence. Indoda eyayithetha nam yayiyimpungutye yesilivere: ukutshayela iinwele, isinxibo sendalo, isimbo sokuthetha. Andiqinisekanga ukuba ndimve kakuhle. 'Ngaba nizindlu zeAlabama?' waphinda, echaza ukuba yena nenkosikazi yakhe bacinga ukuba ndifana nembali yezokwakha engahlawulwayo emva kweakhawunti ye-Instagram @luyokoyoko . Indoda yazazisa njengoFennel Mauldin kwaye yanyanzelisa ukuba ndibathelele kwisidlo sangokuhlwa.
UFennel noEvie Mauldin bakhulele kule ndawo kwaye babesazi wonke umntu. Amabali abo eza njengehors d & apos; oeuvres- zinobugcisa kwaye zimnandi. Njengokuba ihotele endandihlala kuyo yayihlala phi, iGunRunner, yayiqhelekile ukuba ngumthengisi weCadillac, indawo yayo yokubambela ilifti yobungakanani beCadillac. Umyili wefashoni kanjani uBilly Reid wajika njani umnyhadala wakhe wokutya / umculo / izimvo, iShindig, waba yinto efana noMzantsi wasekhaya okwiSouthwest. Kwaye uFlorence & apos; omnye umyili omkhulu, uNatalie Chanin, uqhuba ikhefi kumzi mveliso weelebhile yakhe yeAlabama Chanin ekhonza eyona brunch ilungileyo yeemayile.
'Oku kwenzekile kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo, utshilo uFennel. Isizukulwana sam sishiya. Bonke bafudukela eAtlanta. Yintoni eyahlukileyo ngoku kukuba izizukulwana ezisencinci zihlala. '
Ngentsasa elandelayo ngo UAlabama Chanin , Ndizamile ithisisi kaFennel & apos; kuNatalie Chanin, engenakuphikiswa nezinwele ezimhlophe zikaEmmylou Harris. Akazange aphikisane, kodwa wabeka u-Florence kunye ne-apos; ukuhlaziywa kwimeko engaphezulu kwimbali. 'Bekukho & ne-apos; bekusoloko kukho ubuchule bokuyila kule ndawo, utshilo u-Chanin kwisandi sakhe se-honeysuckle, iimvumi ezijonga amagama kunye nabaphumeleleyo be-Pulitzer. Ubuchule bokuyila yinxalenye yelifa lika-Alabama & apos, utshilo, emva koko wema wabuya kwigama elinuka i-Confederate nostalgia.
Njani, ndibuze, wayehlala njani enomdla kwiAlabama & apos; eyadlulayo ngaphandle kokukhathazeka yiyo? UNatalie wandixelela ngeprojekthi-yembali yomlomo ayenzileyo, Iiprojekhthi zeProjekthi , Ukuqokelela abasebenzi bempahla eyolukiweyo & apos; amabali, enika ilizwi kubantu ekwakukudala bengahoywa. Ngaphambi koko, uAlabama Chanin wayekhe watyala intsimi yomqhaphu kwaye wamema amavolontiya ukuba ancede ekukhetheni isivuno; abanye babonwabile, abanye boyiswa lusizi. Inqaku likaNatalie, i-Apos; Inqaku lakwindawo esemaZantsi, kubonakala ngathi ilizwe laseAlabama kunye nelifa lokuyila lamnika indlela yokuphendula kwelo lifa. 'Kukho igazi elininzi kulo mhlaba,' utshilo. 'Mhlawumbi eli linyathelo elinye lokuphilisa.'
ISikhumbuzo soXolo eMontgomery, Alabama ISikhumbuzo soXolo noBulungisa, eMontgomery, sihlonipha imemori yamaxhoba e-lynching e-United States. | Ityala: URinne Allen
Iindawo ezivela eAlabama Ukusuka ekhohlo: Umqondiso ophawula indawo apho ukungathobeli kukaRosa Parks kwasungula uhlaselo lwebhasi yaseMontgomery; Usodolophu waseBirmingham uRandall Woodfin. | Ityala: URinne Allen