Charles Green

1740 - 1827

“If the captain wants me, he may come himself and if he does I will shoot him.”

With these words, Charles Green refused induction into the N. Jersey rebel militia. Imprisoned, he escaped and joined the “King’s Rangers” a ...

Charles S. Greene Library

African-American Museum and Library at Oakland

Dedicated in 1902 as the Oakland Public Library, this was the first Carnegie Library built in Oakland. Designed in the American Beaux Arts style by architects Bliss and Faville (who later designed the Hotel Oakland), ...