Mrs. Patricia D. Ford, retired from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University after 48 years of service on November 1, 2017, as Director of the State Black Archives Research Center and Museum. During her tenure at AAMU, she also served in various capacities as a Librarian, Director of the Duplication and Information Center, and Interim Director of the Learning Resources Center.  Link Patricia is 1965 graduate of Alabama A&M University and a 1978 graduate of the George Peabody College of Library Science at Vanderbilt University.  Mrs. Ford currently serves as the Chairperson of the African Americans in the State of Alabama Sub-Committee of the Alabama Bicentennial Commission.