Ihuriro ry’abafite ubumuga bw’umubiri

Ihuriro ry’abafite ubumuga bw’umubiri yari ishyirahamwe ry’abaharaniraga uburenganzira bw'abafite ubumuga mu mujyi wa New York mu ntangiriro z’ikinyejana cya 20. Ryashinzwe mu kwezi kwa Gatanu 1935 hagamijwe kwamagana ivangura ryakorewe n’ubuyobozi bushinzwe iterambere (WPA). 

Biro y’Ubwunganizi bw’Abaturage yo mu Mujyi wa New York yashiragaho akamenyetso “PH” ku busabe bw’abasaba inkunga bari bafite ubumuga, aho “PH” risobanuraga “physically handicapped” (ufite ubumuga bw’umubiri). Aba bantu bashyirwaga ku rutonde rw’“abatabasha kubona akazi” (unemployable), maze bakangirwa kubona imirimo yashyiriweho n’WPA. Kugira ngo barwanye ibyo, abanyamuryango b’Ihuriro ry’Abafite Ubumuga bw’Umubiri bakoreye sit-in muri Home Relief Bureau iminsi icyenda batangiriye ku wa 29 Gicurasi 1935, ndetse banakora sit-in y’ikiruhuko cy’impera z’icyumweru ku biro bya WPA, nabyo mu Mujyi wa New York, mu kwezi kwa Kamena 1935. Izi ngamba zaje gutuma hashyirwaho imirimo 1,500 ku bakozi bafite ubumuga bw’umubiri mu Mujyi wa New York mu mwaka wa 1936.  Ihuriro ryari rimaze gusenyuka mu mwaka wa 1938.  

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