Sara Dunlap Jackson

**Sara Dunlap Jackson** (Mayu 28, 1919 - Afrilu 19, 1991) ta kasance mai adana bayanai ta Amurka. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan Afirka na farko na National Archives and Records Administration a Washington, DC, inda ta ƙware a tarihin soja.

## Tarihin rayuwa

### Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Jackson a Columbia, South Carolina .  Reverend C. W. Dunlap da matarsa, Ella Fair Dunlap, ne suka karbe ta kuma suka yi renonta, lokacin da ta kasance maraya tun tana yarinya. Ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta Booker T. Washington, Jami'ar Allen kuma ta sami digiri na farko a fannin zamantakewa a Jami'ar Johnson C. Smith .  Daga baya, ta halarci makarantar digiri a Washington, DC, a Jami'ar Amurka da Jami'ar Katolika ta Amurka . 

### Ayyuka
Bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin malamin makarantar sakandare na ɗan gajeren lokaci, Jackson ya koma Washington, DC, kuma ya fara aiki tare da Ma'aikatar Yakin. Saboda yakin duniya na biyu, Jackson ta bar matsayinta na koyarwa a makarantun kudancin da aka ware. Amma har ma a Washington, alamun "launi kawai" har yanzu sun kasance na kowa kuma "rabuwa ta launin fata na aiki da ke nuna bambanci bai yi alkawari da yawa ga budurwa baƙar fata daga ƙaramin kwalejin baƙar fata ba. "  Duk da haka, a cikin 1944 an ba ta matsayi a cikin Sashen Tarihin Sojoji na National Archives and Records Administration, inda ta zama ƙwararren masani kan rubuce-rubuce da suka shafi Sashen Yakin, Sojojin Amurka da Sojojin Ruwa, Ofishin Adjutant Janar, Sashen Injiniya, da Ofishin 'yanci' yanci.  Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun 'yan Afirka na farko da National Archives a Washington, DC ta hayar da su. A nan, ta ƙware a batutuwan yamma, soja, zamantakewa da Afirka ta Amirka.Ta zama ɗaya daga cikin masana tarihi da masu adana bayanai game da rayuwar Amurka.

A cikin shekarun 1950 da 1960, yawancin Amurkawa sun motsa su ta hanyar Yunkurin kare hakkin bil'adama kuma an yi musu wahayi don nazarin tarihin Amurka. Da yake an tura su da daidaito na launin fata da rashin adalci, waɗannan sabbin masana tarihi sun juya zuwa Jackson, inda layin suka yi layi ta hanyar tarihin zuwa teburinta. Masanin tarihi Ira Berlin ya yaba wa Jackson don tallafawa canji a cikin tunanin tarihi na Amurka, rubuce-rubuce,sabon ƙarni na masana tarihi, fahimtar cewa canjin Amurkawa na yanzu ya buƙaci canjin Amurka da ta gabata, ya ɗauki ƙalubalen sake rubuta tarihinmu. Lokacin da suka isa National Archives, Sara Jackson ta kasance a shirye...Ta ba da umarni, a hankali ta hanyar ikon ba da shawara kuma, to, idan ba su sami ma'anar ba - da kyau, Sara tana da hanyar ta. Tare da ilimin da aka matsa daga bayanan, masana sun fara rubuta sabon tarihin Amurka. Ba wuce gona da iri ba ne a ce tarihi ya tsaya, zuwa wani mataki mai yawa, a kan aikin Sara Jackson, domin Sara Jackson babban malami ne.Daga baya ya sadaukar da wani girma a cikin jerin Freedom ga Jackson tare da rubutun, "Ga Sara Dunlap Jackson: Archivist Extraordinaire. "

A shekara ta 1968 ta fara aiki tare da haruffa na shahararrun Amurkawa da yawa a Hukumar Tarihin Tarihi da Tarihi ta Kasa, wani bangare na NARA .  Ta yi ritaya daga hukumar a shekarar 1990. A ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1991, Jackson ta mutu daga ciwon daji a gidanta a Washington, DC. Lokacin da ta mutu, tana aiki a kan Kwamitin Editocin Tarihi na Yamma.

## Kyaututtuka da girmamawa

* A shekara ta 1976, Jami'ar Toledo ta amince da Jackson saboda "rayuwarta ta taimakon bincike a cikin binciken ilimi" ta hanyar ba ta lambar yabo ta Doctorate na Harafin Dan Adam.
* Jackson ta sami lambar yabo ta Frank E. Vandiver Award of Merit ta Houston Civil War Round Table don gudummawa mai ban mamaki ga Cibiyar Nazarin Yaƙin basasa. 

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