Africatown holds warnings, inspiration for present day, scholars say

Durkin and Deborah G. Plant spoke Friday morning at the Mobile Museum of Art, at a forum that was part of the 2026 Owambe ...

Africatown gets $2.5 million in federal dollars for redevelopment

A campaign of new construction and historic renovation in Mobile’s Africatown community will receive a $2.5 million federal ...

Plaque unveiled, park opened honoring Africatown and Clotilda captives

The plaque is to honor the two million captive Africans who died during the Trans-Atlantic Crossing known as the Middle Passage and the 10 million who survived.

Congressman Figures touts federal boost for affordable housing in Africatown

U.S. Representative Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) came to the historic Africatown community to announce $2.5 million in federal ...
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No Injunction in Defamation and Copyright Case Stemming from "Africatown International Design Competition"

From Magistrate Judge Gray Borden's opinion Friday in Studiorotan LLC v. Howell (N.D. Ala.): A team of researchers discovered the wreckage of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship in the United ...