Alabama § 16-49-53 - Appointment of Curator; Authority and Duties.
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§ 16-49-53. Appointment of Curator; Authority and Duties.
The president of the university 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 such materials in keeping with the best available methods of preservation, and shall disseminate or make available to the public said materials in keeping with the designated functions of the repository.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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