Augusta Braxton Baker

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Augusta Braxton Baker
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Baltimore (en) , 1 ga Afirilu, 1911
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Ƙabila	Afirkawan Amurka
Mutuwa	Columbia (en) , 23 ga Faburairu, 1998
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Pittsburgh (en) State University of New York at Albany (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	librarian (en)
Employers	University of South Carolina (en) New York Public Library (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Library Hall of Fame Regina Medal  (1981) American Library Association Honorary Membership  (1975)

An haifi Augusta Braxton Baker a ranar 1 ga Afrilu,1911,a Baltimore, Maryland.Duk iyayenta biyu malaman makaranta ne, wadanda suka sanya mata son karatu.A cikin yini yayin da iyayenta ke aiki,kakarta,Augusta Fax (wanda ta karɓi sunanta) ta kula da ita kuma ta ba ta labarin.Baker ta ji daɗin waɗannan labarun,tana ɗauke da ƙaunarta gare su a duk rayuwarta.Ta koyi karatu kafin ta fara makarantar firamare,daga baya ta shiga makarantar sakandaren baƙar fata inda mahaifinta ya koyar,kuma ta kammala karatunsa tana ɗan shekara 16.Daga nan sai Baker ya shiga Jami'ar Pittsburgh,inda ta hadu kuma ta auri James Baker a karshen shekara ta biyu.

Komawa tare da mijinta zuwa New York,Baker ya nemi canja wurin zuwa Albany Teacher's College (yanzu Jami'ar Jihar New York a Albany ),kawai don saduwa da adawar launin fata daga kwalejin.Eleanor Roosevelt,matar Franklin Roosevelt (wanda shine Gwamnan New York a lokacin),yana cikin kwamitin Albany Interracial Council (yanzu Albany Urban League).Misis Roosevelt ta ba da himma sosai don canja wurin Baker.Ko da yake kwalejin ba ta son shigar da Baƙar fata,amma ba su so su yi adawa da matar gwamnan,kuma an shigar da Baker.Yayin da take wurin,ta yi niyya zuwa wata sana'a ta daban kuma ta rubuta, "Na gano ina son littattafai,amma ba na son koyarwa."Ta kammala karatunta a can, ta sami digiri na BA a ilimi a 1933 da BS a kimiyyar ɗakin karatu a 1934. Ta zama Ba’amurke Ba’amurke ta farko da ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin laburare daga kwalejin.