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State Sets Aside $1 Million for Africatown’s Clotilda Preservation Project

August 17, 2020September 24, 2020 CHESS Administrator

{Images by the Alabama Historic Commission} In the FY 2021 budget, the State of Alabama through Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama State Legislature appropriated $1 Million to the Alabama […]

Community

Renew Alabama Environmental Tour Stops in Africatown

August 29, 2019October 29, 2019 CHESS Administrator

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 […]

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Africatown Mobile Inspires Africatown Seattle Leaders to Preserve Their Cultural Legacy

July 21, 2019August 11, 2019 CHESS Administrator

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 […]

Events

Africatown Kite Flying Day in March

March 19, 2019August 9, 2019 CHESS Administrator

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 […]

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AFRICATOWN NATIVE FEATURED IN NAVY NEWS ARTICLE – CHIEF JASON LEWIS

February 14, 2019March 18, 2019 CHESS Administrator

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 […]

Community

What’s Happening with C.H.E.S.S. in Africatown – December 2018

January 18, 2019March 18, 2019 CHESS Administrator

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 […]

Community

What’s Happening with C.H.E.S.S. in Africatown-November 2018

December 18, 2018March 18, 2019 CHESS Administrator

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 […]

Community

What’s Happening with C.H.E.S.S. in Africatown – September 2018

September 16, 2018March 18, 2019 CHESS Administrator

AFRICATOWN HERITAGE MOTORCADE & COMMUNITY DAYS — 9-2-2018 The first weekend of September were busy with activities in Africatown. The first event was the first annual motorcade with floats consisting […]

Community

What’s Happening with C.H.E.S.S. in Africatown – August 2018

August 30, 2018March 18, 2019 CHESS Administrator

AFRICATOWN HOSTS THE FREEDOM TO BREATHE BUS TOUR ON CLIMATE CHANGE –8-30-2018 The Freedom to Breathe Bus Tour visited Africatown on August 30 to draw attention to the immediate impacts […]

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