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’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 […]

AFRICATOWNHeritage House Museum 2025 Cultural Fest continues to grow  Led by Montgomery’s Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum (The Lynching Museum) and Birmingham’s Civil Rights Institute, Cultural Heritage Tourism has become the […]

AFRICATOWN News – “Stop Killing our Dead People” Africatown Welcome Center Drainage/Flooding problem from 6/17/2025   “No one should have to grow up in a community and live with BAD […]

AFRICATOWN conducts 2nd Groundbreaking in 6 days – Africatown Welcome Center   On May 14th, The Africatown Community conducted the Groundbreaking Event for the first tourist site, LEWIS LANDING, along […]

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 […]