Africatown

The City of Mobile is working to bring history to life. The History Museum of Mobile has collaborated with the County Commission to build an exhibit about the Clotilda. The Clotilda is the last known slave ship to bring Africans to the United States.

To continue gathering public input on the design of the future Africatown Welcome Center, the City of Mobile and its design partners have launched an online survey and feedback form for residents in the Africatown community and other Mobilians.

The City of Mobile will hold a public meeting on Thursday, April 6 in Africatown for input on the design of a planned welcome center. design concepts, such as form, flow, architecture and environment. It's planned for 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Robert Hope Community Center.

Alabama Public Radio has been spotlighting the history of the slave ship Clotilda all throughout February for Black History Month. Africatown in the Plateau community in Mobile was established by some of the one hundred and twenty two kidnapped Africans brought over aboard the Clotilda in 1860. There’s now a new effort to use old traditions to tell the story of the last slave ship to come to America.

The Alabama Public Radio news team was recently invited to take part in a public discussion on slavery in the state. News director Pat Duggins was joined on stage by William Green. He’s a member of the Clotilda Descendants Association.

A new documentary with Alabama ties premiered this weekend. “Afrikan By Way of American” explores the historic community of Africatown. The town was…

A community center dedicated to the survivors of America’s last slave ship will become a tourist attraction in Mobile. The Heritage House center and…

Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis was the longest-living survivor of the Clotilda. the last-recorded slave ship to land in the United States in Mobile Bay. In the…