Section 16-62-1 – Short Title.
Section 16-62-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Black Heritage Museum of West Alabama Act.” (Acts 1988, No. 88-661, p. 1061, §1.)
Section 16-62-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Black Heritage Museum of West Alabama Act.” (Acts 1988, No. 88-661, p. 1061, §1.)
Section 16-62-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) REPOSITORY. A place or depository on the campus of Stillman College. (2) SOURCE MATERIALS. Any written or printed matter, memorabilia and artifacts. (3) AFRO-AMERICAN. Any American person of African descent […]
Section 16-62-3 General purpose. The general purposes of this chapter are to provide for the obtaining, preserving and holding for circulation in a repository at the Stillman College source materials on Afro-American history and culture which shall be used for research and other educational and cultural purposes, and which shall thereby encourage the development of […]
Section 16-62-4 Appointment of curator; duties of curator. The Board of Directors of the Black Heritage Museum shall appoint a curator of the repository who shall be a recognized authority on Afro-American history and culture. The curator shall be empowered to seek out and secure source materials on or about Afro-Americans, to catalog and preserve […]
Section 16-62-5 Functions and duties of repository. The repository shall serve the state and West Alabama by collecting and preserving source materials on the contributions, achievements and general experiences of Afro-Americans, and shall endeavor to reproduce and secure copies of all materials on or about black Americans from the earliest beginnings to the present. It […]
Section 16-62-6 Authority for Stillman College to accept funds, grants and services from federal, state and local agencies. For the purposes of this chapter, Stillman College has the authority to accept and receive funds, grants and services from the federal government or its agencies; from departments, agencies and instrumentalities of state, municipal or local government; […]