Florence Borders

**Florence Edwards Borders** (Fabrairu 24, 1924 - Satumba 7, 2018) ta kasance mai adana bayanai na Amurka, masanin tarihi, kuma mai kula da ɗakin karatu. Ta ƙware a adana kayan tarihi na Afirka ta Amirka, musamman waɗanda ke da alaƙa da Afro-Louisianans.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Florence Borders a ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, 1924, a New Iberia, Louisiana .  Watanni 18 bayan haka, ita da iyalinta suka koma New Orleans. Ta kammala karatu daga McDonogh High School #35# 35 kuma ta halarci Jami'ar Kudancin da ke Baton Rouge, alma mater na mahaifinta, don BA a Turanci. Ta halarci Kwalejin Rosary, yanzu Jami'ar Dominican, don digiri na biyu da kuma digiri na biyu a Kimiyya ta Laburaren.

Borders ta kammala karatun ta na post-master a Jami'ar Jihar Louisiana ta Graduate Library Sciences School, kuma ta ci gaba da karatu a jami'o'i da cibiyoyi da yawa a duk faɗin ƙasar, gami da Cibiyar Laburaren da Tarihin Tarihin Ohio, Jami'ar Atlanta, Jami'an Case-Western Reserve, Cibiyar Gidauniyar Ford a Jami'an Hofstra, Cibiyar Tarihin Kasa, Cibiyar Nazarin Majalisa a Philadelphia, da Cibiyar Nazaren Kudancin Kudancin Yammacin Dallas.

Ita da mijinta James B. Borders III suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu, James IV da Sylvanus Edwards, da kuma 'yar daya, Thais . 

## Ayyuka
A cikin shekarun 1940, Borders ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar ɗakin karatu a Jami'ar Chicago; ita ce mai kula da ɗakin karatu na Afirka ta farko da makarantar ta hayar.

Daga baya ta zama mai kula da ɗakin karatu a Kwalejin Bethune-Cookman, inda ta sadu da mijinta, mawaƙi da malami mai suna James B. Borders III . 

Ta rike wasu irin wadannan mukamai a Jami'ar Jihar Tennessee da Jami'ar Jiha ta Grambling kafin ta horar da ita don zama mai adana bayanai. A shekara ta 1970, ta koma gida zuwa New Orleans . 

Daga 1970 zuwa 1989, Borders ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai adana bayanai da kuma "memba na ma'aikata na farko" na Cibiyar Bincike ta Amistad kafin ya yi ritaya. Koyaya, watanni biyar kawai bayan ta yi ritaya, ta koma aiki a matsayin babban mai adana bayanai na Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka da Afirka ta Amirka a Jami'ar Kudancin (SUNO) daga 1989 har zuwa lokacin da ta yi ritayar kusan shekaru 20 bayan haka. A matsayinta na malami, ta kasance mai aiki sosai wajen shiga da inganta al'adun New Orleans da Kudancin Louisiana.

Cibiyar Bincike ta Amistad tana riƙe da takardun Florence Borders, 1933-2007, wanda ya haɗa da yawancin takardun sirri, litattafai, kayan adana bayanai, tambayoyi, da bincike.

Ta shirya kuma ta shirya nune-nunen da yawa a kan aikinta ta hanyar Amistad, Chicory, da SUNO .  Ɗaya daga cikin ayyukanta a Amistad shine mai sarrafawa na Thomas C. Dent Papers, 1972-1000.

Ta fara halartar tarurruka na Society of American Archivists a cikin 1970s kuma a cikin 1980s, ta taimaka wajen kafa SAA Task Force on Minorities, yanzu Archivists da Archives of Color .

### Littattafai da kafofin watsa labarai
Borders ta kafa mujallar masanin Chicory Review, wacce ke mai da hankali kan tarihin Afirka da al'adu. Ta wallafa yawancin labaranta a cikin *Callaloo*, Black Music Research Journal, Louisiana Library Bulletin, da kuma nata mujallar, Chicory Review, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin edita.

Ta yi lacca akai-akai a abubuwan da suka faru da kuma tarurruka, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan bincike ga fina-finai da yawa da tarihin baki. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai bincike don The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, kuma ta bayyana a cikin *Liberty Street Blues* .  Marlon Riggs ta yi amfani da kwarewarta don shirinsa na Black Is, Black Ain't, an tuntube ta don fim din House Divided, kuma ta tsara tambayoyi da yawa don aikin tarihin baki "Behind the Veil: The Jim Crow Era".

## Mutuwa
Borders ya mutu a ranar 7 ga Satumba, 2018, a New Orleans . 

## Haɗin kai

* Yarjejeniyar memba na Society of American Archivists tun daga shekarun 1970
* Zeta Phi Beta sorority
* Shugaban New Orleans na B Sharp Music Club
* Wanda ya kafa kungiyar Chicory Society of Afro-Louisiana Tarihi da Al'adu 
* Mataimakin Shugaban Hukumar Makarantar Uwargidanmu ta Lourdes
* Kwamitin bita na Majalisar Fasaha ta New Orleans
* Mai ba da shawara ga aikin farfado da unguwa na Claiborne Corridor
* Mai ba da shawara ga Louisiana World Exhibition Afro-American PavilionGidan baje kolin duniya na Louisiana Afro-American Pavilion
* Kwamitin Daraktoci na Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Association 
* Babban Masu adana bayanai na New Orleans
* Yarjejeniyar memba na Kwalejin Masu Gudanar da TarihiKwalejin Masu Tsaro
* Masu adana bayanai na duniya ta uku

## Kyaututtuka da girmamawa

* Unsung Heroes Plaque da aka bayar ta Crescent City Chapter of Links, 1987
* Takardar shaidar Magajin gari da aka bayar ta Birnin New Orleans, 1987
* Kyautar Callaloo daga Jami'ar Virginia, 1988
* Muhimmanci a matsayin Kyautar Heartbeat daga Urban League, 1988
* Takardar shaidar godiya da aka bayar ta Society of American Archivists, 2000

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