[2] ALLA executive council unanimously supported the idea, and created a Biracial Committee with ten Black librarians and six White ALA members.

The Biracial Committee was disbanded after three years when they could not come to an agreement on how to integrate the association and also work within the state segregation laws of the time.

[2] ALLA lost their ALA State Chapter status when they refused to admit Black members.

The association withdrew from chapter status since it could not comply with chapter requirements"[2] After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed segregation, ALLA council passed an official resolution barring screening of membership applications based on race on December 4, 1964.

[2] The organization maintains an Alabama Authors database,[4] and holds an annual convention at rotating locations throughout the state.