Shekaru 14 bayan haka, Cocin Kirista tare (CCT) sun ba da amsa ga Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Wasika daga Birmingham Jail." Wakilan ƙungiyoyin membobin CCT ne suka rattaba hannu kan takardar kuma an gabatar da su ga ƙaramar 'yar Sarki, Bernice King, a taron tattaunawa na Afrilu 15-XNUMX a Birmingham, Ala.
Shahararriyar wasiƙar Sarki a ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 1963, an rubuta ta ne a matsayin martani ga wata buɗaɗɗiyar wasiƙa daga ƙungiyar limaman coci takwas – limamin Katolika ɗaya, Furotesta shida, da rabbi – suna roƙonsa da ya yi kamun kafa kuma ya kawo ƙarshen zanga-zangar da ba ta dace ba.
Kamar yadda aka sani, takardar CCT ita ce amsa ta farko ga "Wasika daga Gidan Yarin Birmingham." CCT ta fitar da wata gajeriyar sanarwa shekaru biyu da suka gabata a Birmingham, kuma ta himmatu a lokacin don gabatar da wannan cikakken martani a yayin bikin cika shekaru 50. An buga cikakken bayanin a www.brethren.org/birminghamletter .
A cikin takardar, CCT ta kira majami'u memba zuwa tuba tare da furta tarihin wariyar launin fata a cikin cibiyoyinta. "Mu da ke jagorantar coci-coci mafi yawan fararen fata mun shaida wa abokan aikinmu na CCT na wasu kabilu cewa mun gwammace mu yi watsi da hanyoyin da muka mayar da matsayin 'fararen matsakaici' wanda ya fi ba wa Dr. King kunya." Wani muhimmin sashi na takarda shine shafi tare da ikirari daban-daban daga iyalan bangaskiya waɗanda suka zama CCT.
Takardar ta yi bayani dalla-dalla kan muhimman jigogi na wasiƙar Sarki da ƙalubalen da ke fuskantar coci a yau. Har ila yau, yana bayyana alkawurra na gaba. "Muna shelar cewa, yayin da mahallin mu a yau ya bambanta, kiran daidai yake da na 1963 - don mabiyan Kristi su tsaya tare, suyi aiki tare, kuma suyi gwagwarmaya tare don adalci."
Taron ya gabatar da jawabai daga limaman coci da kuma daga wasu manyan jagororin kare hakkin jama'a da suka yi aiki tare da Sarki.
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| Hoton Wendy McFadden |
| Dorothy Cotton, ɗaya daga cikin masu jawabi a taron majami'un Kirista tare a Birmingham, Ala., A bikin cika shekaru 50 na shahararriyar wasiƙar Martin Luther King Jr. |
Mai koyarwa Dorothy Cotton, wacce ta kasance daya daga cikin manyan mata masu daraja a taron shugabannin addinin Kirista na Kudancin kasar, ta yi gargadi game da kungiyar kare hakkin jama'a kamar yadda “Dr. Motsin Sarki.” "Lokacin da muka faɗi haka, muna tunanin cewa dole ne mu sami wani babban shugaba, mun hana kanmu." Abinda ya bata kenan yau inji ta. "Idan kuka ga wani abu da bai dace ba, mai yiwuwa ne ku fara wani aiki da kanku."
Majalisa John Lewis ya ba da labarin yadda wata ɗaya da farko ya sami uzuri na yau da kullun daga babban jami’in ’yan sanda na Montgomery don ya kasa kāre shi da sauran Masu Rikicin ‘Yanci a 1961–shaidar “ikon ƙauna, ikon koyarwar Yesu.” Ya ƙalubalanci cocin “ta yi surutu, don shiga cikin matsala mai kyau.”
Wazirin Baptist Virgil Wood ya jaddada fuskar tattalin arziki na wariyar launin fata a yau kuma ya tunatar da masu sauraro cewa Sarki ya mai da hankali sosai kan "tattalin arzikin ƙaunataccen" kamar yadda "al'umman ƙaunatacce."
A cikin jawabinta. Bernice Sarki Ta ce ta yaba da yadda aka ba da wasiƙar da mahaifinta ya rubuta a Birmingham, wanda ta ji an isar da shi sosai game da shi. "An bayyana shi a matsayin babban jagoran 'yancin jama'a," in ji ta, "amma mafi yawan duka shi minista ne kuma bawan Allah."
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| Hoton Wendy McFadden |
| Nancy Heishman (hagu) tana nazarin ɗaya daga cikin sassaken sassaka a Kelly Ingram Park, bayan tafiya addu'a ga mahalarta CCT. Wurin dajin, wanda ya kasance filin shirya zanga-zanga a Birmingham, yana amfani da alamu da sassakaki don ba da labarin harin da aka kai kan yara a shekarar 1963, ta hanyar amfani da hoses da karnukan 'yan sanda. |
Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare ne ya wakilci Cocin ’yan’uwa; Nancy S. Heishman, zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa; da Wendy McFadden, memba na kwamitin gudanarwa na CCT kuma shugaban dangin Furotesta na Tarihi na CCT. Har ila yau, Bill Scheurer, babban darektan On Earth Peace.
Cocin Kirista tare a cikin Amurka shine mafi girman zumuncin al'umma na tarayya na Kirista, wakiltar Ba'amurke Ba'amurke, Katolika, Evangelical/Protestant, Furotesta na Tarihi, da majami'un Orthodox, da kuma ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da yawa.
- Wendy McFadden mawallafin 'yan jarida ne.