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AFRICATOWN’s Lewis Quarter receives Alabama State Historic Marker

April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 Miya Packer

AFRICATOWN’s Lewis Quarter receives Alabama State Historic Marker   Two neighborhoods in The Africatown Community (Plateau & Magazine Point) are on The National Register for Historic Places and The Alabama […]

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AFRICATOWN Supporters at HBCU Climate Change Conference

March 25, 2025March 26, 2025 Miya Packer

AFRICATOWN Supporters at HBCU Climate Change Conference During the week of March 5 – March 9, more than 500 people packed the conference rooms of the J.W. Marriott Hotel in […]

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AFRICATOWN News – Winn Dixie or Truck Stop?

February 25, 2025February 25, 2025 Miya Packer

AFRICATOWN News – Winn Dixie or Truck Stop? During the peak of the Historic Africatown, Alabama Community, between 1960 & 1970, the total population of Africatown was between 10,000 & 12,000 […]

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AFRICATOWN’s School 2024 MCTSAA Reunion Ushers in a New Era

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Miya Packer

AFRICATOWN’s School 2024 MCTSAA Reunion Ushers in a New Era An overflow crowd of over 200 people attended the 2024 Annual Reunion Banquet for The Mobile County Training School Alumni Association, […]

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AFRICATOWN to Santa – “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” for BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

December 29, 2024December 29, 2024 Miya Packer

AFRICATOWN to Santa – “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” for BREAKFAST WITH SANTA  A crowd of over 400 kids with parents showed up at The Africatown Community Center to enjoy […]

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AFRICATOWN’s School Alumni Association 3RD Annual Lantern Walk Festival

November 30, 2024November 30, 2024 Miya Packer

AFRICATOWN’s School Alumni Association 3RD Annual Lantern Walk Festival AFRICATOWN’s Mobile County Training School conducted it’s 3rd Annual Lantern Walk Festival weekend on November 2nd & 3rd 2024. This year’s […]

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Africatown’s Descendant Documentary at the Apollo and other worldwide venues

October 27, 2024October 27, 2024 Miya Packer

     Africatown’s Descendant Documentary at the Apollo and other worldwide venues  Never in a million years would I have ever dreamed that I and other Africatown Natives would enter the […]

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AFRICATOWN Community Day draws THOUSANDS

September 22, 2024September 22, 2024 Miya Packer

AFRICATOWN Community Day draws THOUSANDS The 9th annual Africatown Community Day Festival was a rousing success as an estimated crowd of over 1,000 Africatown residents, friends and visitors turned out […]

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AFRICATOWN’s Clotilda to remain underwater – “for now”

August 21, 2024August 21, 2024 Miya Packer

AFRICATOWN’s Clotilda to remain underwater – “for now” On August 8th, 2024, Africatown’s Robert Hope Community Center’s Multi-Purpose room was packed with Africatown Descendants, Natives, Residents & Supporters all waiting to […]

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