Africatown

While at StoryCorps, childhood friends Joycelyn and Theris discuss the “fake love” they’ve seen Africatown receive despite it being in the spotlight and how they hope to see it change in the future.

This week on Storycorps, Sara Barkouli interviews Makinda Gbolohan about being an active member in the Africatown community, and Makinda talks about some of his work as a community organizer.

In this final part of Chris Williams' conversation with StoryCorps, he emphasizes that the history of Africatown begins and ends with the people.

In the previous StoryCorps segment, Chris Williams discussed the issue of pollution in Africatown. And today, he’s back to talk about how a letter he wrote to President Obama helped bring attention to the forgotten story of the historic community.

Chris Williams sits down with StoryCorps and tells the story of how he discovered pollution in his community and how he helped shed light on the problem.

Minnie and Curtis are siblings who sat down at StoryCorps to discuss the historic town of Plateau, Alabama. The two also talk about Mobile County Training School and how it influenced their lives.

Darron Patterson talks to new friend Franchesca Pena at StoryCorps about how his ancestors came to Africatown, the history of the Clotilda, and how he sees racist ideologies of the past still impacting our society today.

The last known U.S. slave ship is too "broken" and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and historians announced following a years long investigation.

In this edition of StoryCorps, Wayne Curtis speaks with his wife about his drumming business in Mobile. They discuss the importance of teaching drumming to young people, how it can positively impact mental health and the historical significance of Africatown drumming.

City officials are seeking public opinion on exterior finishes, wall coverings and other design elements that can be incorporated inside the building. A community survey has been released for residents to share their thoughts. It will close this Friday.