Did you or someone you know eat breakfast for free at school? That may have been thanks to the School Breakfast Program (SBP) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service and the Black Panther Party. Launched as a two-year pilot program in 1966 the federal program became permanent in 1975.…
Remembering the Fannie Wall Children’s Home
The Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery was an organization that offered social service needs to African American children in Oakland.
When Can I Learn? African Americans Begin School In Oakland, California
What would you do to see that your child gets the best quality education? This was the dilemma that African American parents faced in their fight to integrate Oakland schools.
The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity
One family story that comes to you from the AAMLO archives is that of legendary Motown designer to the stars, Henry Delton Williams.
Celebrating the Life of Morrie Turner on the Anniversary of Wee Pals
For Black History Month AAMLO profiles the late Morrie Turner who broke the comic strip color barrier with his groundbreaking Wee Pals.
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