Chemical plants, a cement-making plant and the potential for increased traffic from a proposed toll bridge are but some of the environmental issues Africatown has faced for decades and continues […]
What if architects could design 30 new types of houses to put on Africatown’s vacant lots? What if the floodplain on the abandoned Josephine Allen public housing site could be […]
K. Wyking Garrett thought he was doing something novel when he and others came up with the name “Africa Town” to preserve what was left of the once bustling black […]
News that underwater archaeologists, divers, historians and preservationists confirmed that one of the shipwrecks in the Mobile River delta was indeed the Clotilda slave ship brought celebration to all of […]
One of the projects CHESS is required to complete for The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, our grantor, requires us to survey residents of Africatown to get their input […]
Kids, kites, food and fun. All the ingredients for another successful kite-flying day in Africatown. The second annual event brings together scores of children from the community and those who […]
C.H.E.S.S. Community Engagement Officer Sets the Pace for New Annual Event in Africatown Joycelyn Davis felt the tug to continue her family legacy, training under her aunt, Lorna Woods, to […]
NRLA Sailors Volunteer at MLK Day of Service Event Story and photos by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kathleen Gorby MOBILE, AL. – More than 180 Sailors from Navy Recruiting Leadership […]
Merry Christmas from C.H.E.S.S. On December 21, 2018 CHESS gave out 10 bikes at the Robert L. Hope Community Center in Africatown. The children and the parents were more than […]
Africatown residents voiced their concerns in a first-of-its-kind meeting with one of the big chemical companies in the area, which experienced problems when one of the tanks delivered to its […]
