Isithombe sikaTheodore Roosevelt phambi kwe-American Museum of Natural History e-Upper West Side yaseManhattan, eNew York City, e-US / CFP

Isithombe esivelele sika-Theodore Roosevelt ekungeneni kwe-American Museum of Natural History e-New York City sizosuswa ngemva kweminyaka yokugxekwa ukuthi ifanekisela ukunqotshwa kwamakholoni nokucwaswa ngokobuhlanga.

I-New York City Public Design Commission ivotele ngazwi linye ngoMsombuluko ukuthi isuse lesi sithombe, esiveza owayengumongameli egibele ihhashi nendoda yoMdabu waseMelika kanye nendoda yase-Afrika eqhwakele ihhashi, ngokusho kwe-New York Times.

Leli phephandaba lithe lesi sichuse sizoya esikhungweni samasiko esisazoqokwa esizobhekelela impilo nefa likaRoosevelt.

Lesi sithombe sethusi sime emnyango wemnyuziyamu eCentral Park West kusukela ngo-1940.

Ukuphikiswa kwalesi sithombe kukhule ngamandla eminyakeni yamuva, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd okwasusa ubandlululo kanye negagasi lemibhikisho kulo lonke elase-US NgoJuni 2020, izikhulu zomnyuziyamu zahlongoza ukususa lesi sithombe. Umnyuziyamu usendaweni engaphansi kwedolobha kanti iMeya uBill de Blasio yeseka ukususwa "kwesithombe esiyinkinga."

Izikhulu zeMuseum zithe zijabule ngevoti lekhomishini esitatimendeni esisilungiselele esithunyelwe nge-imeyili ngoLwesithathu futhi zibonga idolobha.

USam Biederman woMnyango Wezamapaki weDolobha laseNew York uthe emhlanganweni ngoMsombuluko ukuthi nakuba lesi sithombe “singazange sakhiwe ngenhloso embi,” ukwakheka kwaso “kusekela uhlaka olunengqikithi yokuqoqwa kwamakoloni nokucwasa ngokwebala,” ngokusho kweThe Times.