African American Museum and Library at Oakland

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Coordinates: 37°48′22″N 122°16′35″W / 37.80611°N 122.27639°W / 37.80611; -122.27639
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Oakland Public Library
Oakland, CA, U.S.
Coordinates37°48′22″N 122°16′35″W / 37.80611°N 122.27639°W / 37.80611; -122.27639
Built1900
ArchitectWalter Danforth Bliss, William Baker Faville
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.83001173 [1]
ODL No.48
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1983
Designated ODL1981

The African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO) is a

African American history, experiences and culture. Located on 14th Street in Downtown Oakland, it contains an extensive archival collection of such artifacts as diaries, correspondence, photos, and periodicals.[2]

History

The AAMLO is located at the Charles S. Greene building which previously was the Carnegie library. The building served as the Oakland Main Library from 1902 to 1951.[3]

The AAMLO began as a private collection in 1946, and on July 2, 1965, became the East Bay Negro Historical Society (EBNHS). It later changed its name to the Northern California Center for Afro-American History & Life, before being incorporated into the city of Oakland in 1994 under its current name, the African American Museum and Library at Oakland.

Among the more than 160 collections in the library are archives relating to

Black Panthers, Africa, and genealogy. Materials include photographs, manuscripts, letters, diaries, newspapers, recorded oral histories, videos, and microfilms.[4] AAMLO's two galleries host changing exhibitions of art, history, and culture, including collaborative exhibitions.[5]

Eugene and Ruth Lasartemay and Jesse and Marcella Ford began collecting artifacts and documents creating the private collection in 1946. Initially housed in a small shop front on Grove Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way), the collection grew quickly and in 1982, was moved into the Oakland Public Library's Golden Gate Branch. It officially became AAMLO, a public/private partnership, in 1994. AAMLO moved into its current location in 2002.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "African American Museum & Library at Oakland | Oakland Public Library". www.oaklandlibrary.org. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  3. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/83001173_text
  4. ISSN 0162-2897
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  5. ISSN 0440-9213
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  6. ^ "Discover AAMLO," a brochure of the facility, published by the Oakland Public Library.

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