Mayme Agnew Clayton

Mayme Agnew Clayton was a librarian, and the founder, president, and leader of the Western States Black Research and Education Center (WSBREC), the largest privately held collection of African-American historical materials in the world. The collection represents the core holdings of the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum (MCLM), formerly located in Culver City, California. This collection was curated and managed by her son, Avery Clayton. The museum is the largest and most academically substantial independently held collection of objects, documents, and memorabilia on African American history and culture. On July 31, 2019, the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum closed permanently. The bulk of its collections went to the West Los Angeles College in unincorporated Los Angeles County on a temporary basis.

4 August 1922

Born on the same birth date (4 August 1922): Luis Aponte Martínez

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Born in the same month (August 1922): Al Alberts • Albert Irvin • Dan Walker (politician) • Ernie Freeman • Freddie Laker • Howard Zinn • John Edward Williams • Kelly Freas • L. Tom Perry • Leonard Baskin • Luis Aponte Martínez • Miloš Jakeš • Nazik Al-Malaika • Philip Larkin • René Lévesque • Richard Blackwell • Roelof Kruisinga • Rory Calhoun • Theoni V. Aldredge