To recover identity, one of the tools is historical research that enables the recovery of historical memory through historical dates and names. Today we offer you an international and a national moment that are little remembered.
On January 12, 1948, the United States Supreme Court proclaims equality between whites and blacks in school. One of the leaders of this process was Martin Luther King, whose thoughts we summarize as follows:
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live the true meaning of its creed: ‘We believe these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’
I have a dream that one day in the red hills of Georgia the children of former slaves and the children of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering in the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!”
The other historical date is related to an indigenous hero from our beloved Ecuador, we are referring to Rumiñahui, although there is a discrepancy in the date of his death; For some historians the date is January 13, 1535, for others the date is June 25, 1523.
“Rumiñahui belonged to the privileged nobility; He himself liked to remember his Inca lineage, and he boasted of being the son of Huayna Cápac, eventually occupying the positions that he held as one of his father’s leaders, due to his military merits.
Rumiñahui’s real name is Pillahuaso II, of origin Hereolder than quichua. On the other hand, in Quichua it is “Ati”, which means ‘Victory, invincible’, a title that the old Pillahuaso used in the times of Huayna Cápac, having transmitted it to his grandson Rumiñahui. He was the stone face For the Incas of Quito: introverted, severe, strong, agile and authoritarian. A temperament like this would have an expression of hardness like that of stone precisely, and because of its physical appearance they gave it the nickname “Rumi Ñahui”, the Stone Eye for the people of Cuzco.
The purpose of the conquest of Quito was for the Spanish to search for gold and in particular the treasure of Atahualpa. Only a small amount of gold had been found, and there was not even a shadow of the treasure. Belalcázar and his captains, convinced of the existence of this enormous fortune, searched the city in vain, destroying temples and houses. Finally, exasperated by these fruitless searches, they turned to their prisoners to extract the information they desired. Rumiñahui and the other captains were subjected to torture, but they revealed nothing. Faced with their failed attempts, the Spanish decided to get rid of them through torture.
The Book of Minutes of the Quito Cabildo states that on June 25, 1535: “The main lords of these provinces who were believed to know about the gold and silver that were said to exist in them, who were Orominavi (Rumi Ñahui), Zopozopagua, Quingalumba, Razorazo, Sina, were arrested. Because of the crimes they committed, justice has been done for them“. Source: Wikipedia.
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