Episode 052 Jim Baggett, AHA President 2022 - 23

AHA President, 2022-23, Jim Baggett is head of the Archives
Department of the Birmingham Public Library. He discusses his plans
for his term in office, including the Fall Pilgrimage in Mentone,
the Annual Meeting in Prattville, and increasing AHA's visibility
through enhanced social media presence. Jim also introduces a new
initiative, the AHA Speakers Bureau. He appeared in Episode 47 as
winner of the 2020 Milo Howard Award for his article in the July
2018 Alabama Review entitled "A Law-Abiding People: Alabama's 1901
Constitution and the Attempted Lynching of Jim Brown."
(https://soundcloud.com/alabamahistory/aha-047) Jim mentions four
items available on the internet, linked here: AHA Fall Newsletter:
https://www.alabamahistory.net/newsletters Video: "Mentone: Where
the Little River Runs," YouTube, https://youtu.be/1q3ZQ2WbacU
Prattville meeting keynote speakers Cynthia Tucker and Frey
Gaillard, The Southernization of America: A Story of Democracy in
the Balance (New South Press, 2022),
http://www.newsouthbooks.com/bkpgs/detailtitle.php?isbn_solid=158838456X
AHA Speakers Bureau Webpage:
https://www.alabamahistory.net/speakersbureau