Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
- Authoritative Name:
- Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
- Biography:
- "Cleveland Sellers was born in Denmark, South Carolina, in 1945, where he attended high school at Voorhees College. In 1962, he enrolled at Howard University and joined the Nonviolent Action Group (NVA), a SNCC affiliate. As a member of this organization, Sellers participated in picketing in front of the White House, arranging for Malcolm X to speak at Howard, and bringing black Mississippians to Washington, D.C., to speak to their Congressman and report racist activities. He went to Mississippi in 1964 as a part of SNCC's "Freedom Summer" and in 1965 was elected the organization's program director. Sellers also participated in SNCC's Alabama initiatives and in the march from Selma to Montgomery led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 1968, Sellers helped organize a protest of segregated bowling alleys in which three South Carolina State students were killed by Highway Patrol officers. Sellars was later convicted of inciting this riot, known as the "Orangeburg Massacre." Although he was eventually pardoned, Sellars spent seven months in prison, during which time he completed an autobiography, The River of No Return. Sellers then returned to Howard to complete his undergraduate degree and went on to earn a master's degree at Harvard University. In 1987, he earned his Doctorate in Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and participated in the presidential campaign of Jesse Jackson. Sellers later directed the African-American Studies Program at the University of South Carolina in Columbia." --From Greensboro VOICES Biography, "Sellers, Cleveland" accessed 9 October 2008, http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/civrights/detail-bio.asp?bio=101
- Associated Subjects:
- Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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85 items in 13 collections (expand all)
Interview with Anne Braden, November 10, 1994
- Creator:
- Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
- Date of Original:
- 1994-11-10
- Collection:
- Anne Braden Oral History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Kentucky
Cleveland Sellers trial, jury selection--outtakes
- Creator:
- WIS-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1970-09-24
- Collection:
- Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
Orangeburg student resolution--outtakes
- Creator:
- WNOK-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1968-03-14
- Collection:
- Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
Sellers trial--outtakes
- Creator:
- WIS-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1970-09-25
- Collection:
- Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1)
- Creator:
- Allen, Pamela, P., 1943-
- Date of Original:
- 1967/1974
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Allen--Newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters and reports, and 1964 correspondence (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Z: Accessions, M85-587, Folder 2)
- Creator:
- Allen, Pamela P., 1943-
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Belfrage--Location file: Batesville 1964, June-July (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 8)
- Creator:
- Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
CORE--Community center correspondence, Jackson COFO Office, 1964 July-1965 May (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 1, Segment 9)
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
CORE--Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 19)
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
CORE--Fourth Congressional District Project Office operations - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 30)
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Oral history interview with Cleveland Sellers (Part 1)
- Creator:
- Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1989-04-26
- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
Oral history interview with Cleveland Sellers (part 2)
- Creator:
- Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1989-05-10
- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
Cleveland Louis Sellers, Jr.
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Collection:
- Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Special report article from The State titled, Negroes Open Another Door In Civic Participation by William E. Hughes, July 31, 1969
- Creator:
- Hugues, William E.
The State Newspaper - Date of Original:
- 1969-07-31
- Collection:
- James T. McCain papers, 1957-1972
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. Libraries
South Caroliniana Library
Stokely Carmichael and his wife Miriam Makeba, walking down Auburn Avenue during Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral procession.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1968-04-09
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Stokely Carmichael with his wife Miriam Makeba and others moving through Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral procession on Auburn Avenue.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1968-04-09
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Cleveland Sellers trial, jury selection--outtakes
- Creator:
- WIS-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1970-09-24
- Collection:
- Local Television Newsfilm Collections
- Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
Orangeburg student resolution--outtakes
- Creator:
- WIS-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1968-03-14
- Collection:
- Local Television Newsfilm Collections
- Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
Sellers trial--outtakes
- Creator:
- WIS-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1970-09-25
- Collection:
- Local Television Newsfilm Collections
- Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
Statement on Orangeburg Situation
- Creator:
- McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007
- Date of Original:
- 1968-02-09
- Collection:
- Robert McNair: In His Own Words
- Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Howard Spencer, Cleveland Sellers, Willie Ricks and Stokley [sic] Carmichael at the Jackson Municipal Airport, Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 May 18
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1967-05-18
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Cleveland Sellers at South Carolina State University
- Creator:
- The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Gilmore, Doug - Date of Original:
- 1979-01-15
- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
Cleveland Sellers press conference
- Creator:
- The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Roberts, Maxie - Date of Original:
- 1973-08-31
- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
Cleveland Sellers press conference
- Creator:
- The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Roberts, Maxie - Date of Original:
- 1973-08-31
- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
Cleveland Sellers press conference
- Creator:
- The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Roberts, Maxie - Date of Original:
- 1973-08-31
- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
Orangeburg Massacre Memorial at S.C. State College
- Creator:
- Rocha, Peter
- Date of Original:
- 1993-02-08
- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
Oral history interview of Theodore Morocco Coleman
- Creator:
- Candy-Tate, R.
Jones, Sean W.
VerHoef, Sue Hardy
Coleman, Theodore Morocco, 1946- - Date of Original:
- 2017-12-21
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) discussing the "Black Power" philosophy, Atlanta, Georgia, 1966 May 23
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1966-05-23
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection