Western States Black Research and Educational Center

MCLM Mission Statement

The mission of Mayme Clayton Library & Cultural Center is to collect, preserve; exhibit and disseminate the unique history and cultural heritage of Americans of African descent and thereby help to provide a more complete view of American history.

In so doing, the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum will give voice to the depth and richness of the African American experience for all people through the establishment of the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum and the sharing of the Mayme A. Clayton Collection of African American History & Culture.

"To know where you're going, you have to know where you've been."

Mayme Agnew Clayton (1923 - 2006)

Founder, Western States Black Research Center

now known as the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum