C.H.E.S.S.’s own President/CEO Joe Womack and Community Engagement Officer Joycelyn Davis were among the keynote speakers invited to National Geographic’s panel discussion in February to discuss its role in finding […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(MOBILE, Ala. – Jun 01, 2018) – The National Park Service’s Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program is pleased to announce the official launch of the Africatown Connections Blueway — a […]
The Alabama Historical Commission announced that it is launching a new effort to find and catalog sunken ships in the Mobile River delta, months after the unsuccessful hunt to find […]
