The African-American Museum Library Oakland (AAMLO) contains the history of the African-American cultural footprint in northern California. AAMLO has a unique non-circulating reference library, a jewel for researchers, students, and anyone interested in African-American history. Its collection consists of books by or about African-Americans. Among its many subjects are books on religion, the military, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Black Panther Party, Africa in relationship to the African-American experience, genealogy, and California history.
The second floor museum regularly hosts traveling and original exhibitions that highlight the art, history and culture of African-Americans
As a library, museum and archive, AAMLO honors the past, but it also keeps the community abreast of the issues and concerns of today’s world. Community events and exhibitions inform and educate, and the local community learns from and interacts with current history makers.
AAMLO is dedicated to preserving the history of African-Americans, but that history belongs to all of us.