AFRICATOWN NEW BUSINESS CENTER AND FOOD BANK
“After working in the best interest of The Historic Africatown Community and its residents for more than 10 years, I feel as though I have just made it to the […]
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AFRICATOWN SUPPORTERS COMMENTS ABOUT MOBILE’S PROPOSED TRUCK ONLY TOLL BRIDGE
AFRICATOWN SUPPORTERS COMMENTS ABOUT MOBILE’S PROPOSED TRUCK ONLY TOLL BRIDGE The meeting conducted on the Eastern Shore about The Proposed Truck only Toll Bridge Project was much better than the […]
Africatown vs. Mobile’s New Zoning Change Proposals – Part 1 of 3
“First they will come for your arm and you will give them your thumb, hoping that will be enough. One year later they will come again for your arm and […]
Africatown (North Mobile) Gets 35 Million Viewers, While Brookley (South Mobile) Gets $35 Million for Tourism
While Mobile’s AFRICATOWN COMMUNITY’s appearance on 60 Minutes meant its exposure to a national audience of more than 35 million people and a tremendous boast to local efforts to promote […]
Africatown Renovation Begins- Neighborhood Plan Is Working – $5.3 Million Approved
On the 150th anniversary of the “incorporation” of Africatown (1870 – 2020), the Year 2020 will be remembered in Africatown as the year monies were committed and projects were started […]
Henry C. Williams, Father of Africatown History
While the world continues to learn about Africatown’s past, present and vision for the future, I would like to say a few words about one of my favorite Africatown heroes, […]
Collaboration Workshop Launches the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation, Inc.
The letters “T,” “E,” “A,” and “M,” were each printed on separate pieces of paper, and placed on 10 tables, where more than 80 people sat in a room at […]
Santa Visits Africatown in First Annual Christmas Breakfast
Mr. and Mrs. Claus kicked off C.H.E.S.S.’s first annual “Breakfast with Santa” that included grits, eggs, sausage and bacon, and a room full of toys for the more than 120 […]
Renew Alabama Environmental Tour Stops in Africatown
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 […]