Lady Bird Cleveland

**Lady Bird Strickland** (kuma **Lady Bird Cleveland** ko **Ladybird Cleveland** ) (24 ga Yuli, 1926 - 2 ga Yuni, 2015)  wani mai zane ne ɗan Amurka wanda aikinsa ya fi nuna irin abubuwan da suka faru a Baƙar fata, yana mai da hankali kan fannoni na rayuwa tun daga bauta da fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a zuwa nishaɗi da al'adu har zuwa rantsar da Shugaba Barack Obama . Ita ce mahaifiyar mai ƙirar kayan kwalliya Pat Cleveland .

## Rayuwar farko da aiki
An haifi Strickland cikin talauci a Cornelia, Georgia, ga uwa baƙar fata kuma uba ɗan Ireland - ɗan Scotland da baƙar fata.  Ta fito daga Afirka, Cherokee da kuma Irish . 

Mahaifiyarta tana gudanar da wani gidan cin abinci daga gidansu mai suna Sally's Tea Room, wanda ya zama wuri mai farin jini a yankin.  Duk da haka, iyalinta har yanzu talakawa ne. Tana ɗaya daga cikin yara shida.  Ta fara zane tun tana ƙarama, tana amfani da takarda mai layi daga allunan saboda ba ta da damar samun takardar zane. A matsayinta na 'yar Afirka Ba'amurke a wani yanki mai rarrabuwar kawuna na Georgia, ba a ƙarfafa ta ta bayyana ra'ayinta ba. Malamanta sun tsawata mata lokacin da aka kama ta tana zane a makaranta, tana dukanta da sandar hickory. 

A shekarar 1940, tana da shekaru 13, Lady Bird ta ƙaura ita kaɗai zuwa Harlem a New York don taimaka wa 'yar uwarta ta kula da 'ya'yanta biyar. Ta zama mai kula da iyalinta kaɗai, ta fara aiki a masana'antar zip. Ta fara zuwa Makarantar Sakandare ta Wadleigh ga 'Yan Mata a Harlem, inda malamanta suka gane kuma suka ƙarfafa ta. Zane-zanenta mai laushi na wata rigar wanki mai lanƙwasa mai taken " *Matar da ta gaji* " an shigar da ita cikin gasar RH Macy 's Scholastic Achievements ta ɗaya daga cikin malamanta kuma daga baya ta sami tallafin karatu daga Strickland zuwa Pratt Institute, inda ita kaɗai ce mace a ajin soldering ɗinta.   A lokacin ƙuruciyarta, Strickland takan yi lokaci a ƙungiyoyin Harlem, amma tun lokacin da ta girma, ta fara hulɗa da mutane da kuma yin fasaha tare da manyan masu nishaɗi da siyasa na ƙarni na ashirin. 

A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Strickland ta daina makaranta don neman aiki. Domin ta tallafa wa kanta da kuɗi, Strickland ta yi aiki a taga a gaban shago, tana zana taye da kuma yin allunan talla na ultraviolet.  A wannan lokacin ta kuma samar da zane-zane don sayarwa, daga ƙarshe masu sukar fasaha daban-daban sun lura da ita.  Bayan haihuwar 'yarta, Pat Cleveland, Strickland ta yi aiki a Asibitin Bellevue. 

Zane-zanenta na shekarun 1940 sun nuna yanayin rayuwar dare ta Harlem wanda ya ƙunshi mutane kamar Josephine Baker, Duke Ellington, Marian Anderson, Eartha Kitt, Miles Davis da Billy Eckstein . Carl van Vechten ne ya ɗauki hotonta, kuma ta yi kundin bayanai ga Elsa Peretti, mai tsara kayan ado na Tiffany's .

A shekarun 1980, Strickland ta koma Garin Willingboro, New Jersey .  Ta sake auren wani tsohon soja.  Duk da haka, Strickland ta ci gaba da aikinta "na zana tarihin baƙar fata daga zuciya," kuma ta ƙirƙiri ayyuka da dama da suka nuna manyan mutane a tarihin Baƙar fata na Amurka, ciki har da Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, WEB DuBois, Jesse Owens, Medgar Evers, da Shirley Chisholm .  Ayyukanta na baya sun haɗa da zane-zanen nasarar zaɓen tsohon Shugaba Barack Obama . 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
A lokacin da take Harlem, Strickland ta shiga soyayya da mai yin saxophone Johnny Johnston, wanda hakan ya haifar da haihuwar 'yarta Pat Cleveland a shekarar 1950.  Ta renon 'yarta a matsayin uwa daya tilo a Harlem. 

A shekarun 1960, Strickland ta shiga cikin aikin tallan 'yarta. Strickland ta yi aiki a matsayin mai sanya kayan 'yarta, domin a lokacin Cleveland ba ta kai shekara ba. Su biyun za su yi tafiya tsakanin ayyukan tallan Cleveland a cikin motocin bas na Greyhound na tsawon watanni. 

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