Masu siyarwa na Cleveland

**Cleveland "Cleve" Sellers Jr.** (an Haife shi Nuwamba 8, 1944) malami Ba'amurke ne kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a.

A lokacin Ƙungiyoyin Haƙƙin Bil'adama, Masu sayarwa sun taimaka wajen jagorantar Kwamitin Gudanar da Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru . Shi kadai ne wanda aka yanke masa hukunci kuma aka daure shi saboda abubuwan da suka faru a kisan kiyashi na Orangeburg, zanga-zangar kare hakkin jama'a ta 1968 wacce sojojin jihar suka kashe dalibai uku. Hukuncin masu sayar da kayayyaki da kuma wanke sauran mutane tara da ake tuhuma an yi imanin cewa nuna wariyar launin fata ne ya motsa su, kuma masu sayarwa sun sami cikakken gafara shekaru 25 bayan faruwar lamarin.

Masu siyarwa shine tsohon Darakta na Shirin Nazarin Amurka na Afirka a Jami'ar South Carolina . Ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Kwalejin Voorhees, kwalejin baƙar fata ta tarihi a South Carolina, daga 2008 zuwa 2015. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi masu siyarwa a Denmark, South Carolina, zuwa Cleveland Sellers (Sr.) da Pauline Sellers.  Denmark gari ne na yawancin mazauna baƙi, don haka, tun yana yaro, Masu siyarwa galibi suna makanta ga damar farar fata. Ya ce, "A matsayina na, farar fata ba su zama barazana ko hana duk wani abu da nake so in zama ko cim ma ba."  Ya fara halartar Makarantar Voorhees yana da shekaru uku kuma ya yi hidima a matsayin mascot. Girma, masu sayarwa suna da dangantaka mai kyau tare da iyayensa, musamman mahaifiyarsa. Ya yaba da yadda take kula da al’umma kuma ya ce ya girma “a ƙarƙashin reshenta”.  Ya halarci Voorhees daga aji na tara zuwa 12th, yana kammala karatunsa a 1962.  A lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, Masu siyarwa sun shiga Boy Scouts na Amurka kuma sun halarci 1960 National Scout jamboree a Colorado Springs, Colorado. Kodayake masu sayarwa sun kammala abubuwan da ake bukata don zama Eagle Scout, "takardarsa ta ɓace" kuma ba a san shi da girmamawa ba har sai Disamba 3, 2007, yana da shekaru 64, fiye da shekaru arba'in bayan an sami shi.   An gabatar da masu siyar da lambar yabo ta tarihi daidai ta Eagle Scout wadda za a ba da ita a cikin 1960s a Kotun Girma na Eagle Scout na musamman a 2010 Centennial National Scout Jamboree.

Iyalan masu siyarwa sun kasance masu addini kuma sun shiga cocin St. Philip's Episcopal Church inda Cleveland ya sha'awar wa'azi da 'yan'uwantaka da ke kewaye da shi.  Kisan Emmett Till lokacin da masu siyarwa ke da shekaru goma kawai, ya girgiza shi sosai. Ya ce "Ban iya ganin bambanci tsakanin mu biyu."  Tsakanin kisan Till da kuma mako-mako na rani koma baya tare da shugabannin coci waɗanda suka tattauna rashin daidaito na launin fata a Amurka, masu sayarwa sun tattara game da 'yancin ɗan adam. Har ila yau propelled da Greensboro sit-ins, Masu sayarwa da sauri sun zama sadaukarwa ga dalibi-jagoranci zanga-zangar. 

## Hakkokin jama'a
A cikin 1962 Masu siyarwa sun yi rajista a Jami'ar Howard . Bayan zanga-zangar 1960, mahaifin Sellers ya hana ɗansa jefa kansa cikin haɗari ta hanyar zama ɗan gwagwarmaya.  Duk da haka, Masu siyarwa sun shiga tare da Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru (NAG) inda ya sadu da Stokely Carmichael . Carmichael ya zurfafa zurfafawa masu siyarwa kamar yadda yake da tunani iri ɗaya kuma sanannen fuskar motsi a harabar.  Gidan Carmichael ya zama hedkwatar NAG, inda Malcolm X da kansa ya yi yawa kuma ya ba da shawara ga dalibai game da ra'ayin baƙar fata na kasa, wanda sau da yawa ya soki MLK gaba ɗaya na zaman lafiya da haɗin kai. Ko da yake wasu sun ƙi, ra'ayi ne mai ban sha'awa.  Dama kafin Maris a Washington, Bayard Rustin, babban jami'in gudanarwa na motsi, ya tuntubi NAG yana neman su ba da abin da za su iya zuwa tafiya. Masu sayarwa da sauran su sun ba da alamu da abinci yayin tafiyar. Yayin da masu sayarwa ke tafiya cikin jama'a a wurin tafiya, yana jin saƙon Malcolm X a cikin kunnensa. 

A lokacin da yake kurkuku ya rubuta tarihin rayuwarsa, *The River of No Return*, wanda ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da ƙungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a.  Masu sayarwa sun sami cikakken gafara shekaru 25 bayan da aka yanke masa hukunci, amma ya zaɓi kada a soke rikodinsa, yana ajiye shi a matsayin "lambar girmamawa."  Masu sayarwa sun ce samun gafara "ya rufe wani babi" a rayuwarsa. 

## Daga baya rayuwa
Bayan da aka sake shi daga kurkuku, Masu siyarwa sun sami digiri na biyu a fannin ilimi daga Jami'ar Harvard a 1970.  Ya yi takara bai yi nasara ba a ofis a Greensboro, North Carolina, yayin da yake taimakawa yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na 1984 na Reverend Jesse Jackson . Masu sayarwa sun sami digiri na EdD a tarihi a Jami'ar North Carolina a Greensboro a 1987.  

Ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan Shirin Nazarin Amirka na Afirka a Jami'ar South Carolina .  Masanin iliminsa sun haɗa da rikodin tarihin al'adar zanga-zangar, tarihin 'yancin ɗan adam, da kuma abubuwan da suka faru na 'yan Afirka a cikin kasashen waje . Ya mai da hankali kan tarihin baka na Amurkawa na Afirka waɗanda suka tsara tarihin South Carolina, gami da rukunin al'adu da harsunan Gullah, Creole, da Geechee . Ya kuma yi nazarin abubuwan da suka faru na rayuwa na Amirkawa na Afirka, wani lokaci ana rubuta su a cikin tatsuniyoyi amma sau da yawa ba a rubuta su ba. 

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