AFRICATOWN’s Foundation receives $500K Grant to “Share The Africatown Story” The newest Africatown song. Pretty cool.Africatown – YouTube The Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation has been awarded a $500K two – […]
AFRICATOWN Non-Profits receive $200k to help promote Cultural Heritage Tourism Thanks to the fund raising efforts of The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Mastercard and The Descendant Documentary, four Africatown non-profit […]
AFRICATOWN Native & others receive local NAACP Awards Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood, retired educator Ms. Mattie Shepard & Africatown Native Dr. Major Joe Womack (USMCR ret.) were the recipients […]
AFRICATOWN’S UNESCO MARKER placed in Lewis Landing Park There are now 52 sites in the United States that have been identified as Middle Passage Sites and Now Africatown is one of […]
In 2017 three Africatown supporters; Joe Womack, Teresa Bettis & Ramsey Sprague attended an Alabama River Alliance convention in Mobile to participate in a workshop conducted by The National Park […]
In 1910 Africatown’s School, Mobile County Training School, was certified by the State of Alabama as the first training school in the state of Alabama and was the only […]
AFRICATOWN’s Lantern Walk cements it’s place in Africatown Folklore About five years ago, 6 community organizations started annual events that have developed into National & International Events and have attracted a […]
AFRICATOWN conducts another Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Last year in April 2024, The Mobile County Training School (M.C.T.S.) Alumni Association announced that it had received a $100,000 grant from The Monument […]
AFRICATOWN’s Community Day Festival continues to grow in 2025 An overflow crowd of more than 3,000 people attended the 10th anniversary of an Africatown Cultural Event created to pay homage to […]
