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Africatown (North Mobile) Gets 35 Million Viewers, While Brookley (South Mobile) Gets $35 Million for Tourism

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Joe Womack

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 […]

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Africatown Renovation Begins- Neighborhood Plan Is Working – $5.3 Million Approved

September 7, 2020September 25, 2020 Joe Womack

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 […]

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Henry C. Williams, Father of Africatown History

March 26, 2020 Joe Womack

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, […]

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Collaboration Workshop Launches the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation, Inc.

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 Vickii Howell

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 […]

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Santa Visits Africatown in First Annual Christmas Breakfast

December 14, 2019December 16, 2020 Vickii Howell

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 […]

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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 Says ‘Yes’ to Proposed Architectural Competition at CHESS Community Meeting

July 28, 2019August 23, 2019 Vickii Howell

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 […]

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CHESS Mapping Exercise is a Success

May 20, 2019August 9, 2019 Vickii Howell

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 […]

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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 […]

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