April 1, 1911 - February 23, 1998
African-American librarian, storyteller and teacher
Author of "Talking Tree; Fairy Tales From 15 Lands", "Books About Negro Life For Children" and "Aids To Choosing Books For Children"
The first African-American to earn a Master's Degree from Albany Teacher's College (now the State University of New York at Albany)
First African-American administrator at the New York Public Library
Spent her life collecting literature that portrayed black people as human: this became the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Children's Books
Chaired the committee that awarded the Caldecott and Newbery Medals
Her legacy remains through the "Baker's Dozen: A Celebration of Stories" annual storytelling festival and through the Augusta Baker Collection of Children's Literature and Folklore at the University of South Carolina
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