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Africatown’s New Foundation Wins National Preservation Grant

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 CHESS Administrator

Photo caption: Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation Board Members Anderson Flen, Ruth Ballard and Joe Womack. (Images courtesy Oberlin College and The Birmingham Times) The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African […]

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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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C.H.E.S.S. Leaders Speak on National Geographic Panel in Washington, D.C.

March 25, 2020March 26, 2020 CHESS Administrator

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 […]

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A Weekend Celebrating Africatown History and Its Future

March 24, 2020March 27, 2020 CHESS Administrator

Two community events in February continued to highlight the power of Africatown’s story and its potential to energize efforts to revitalize its neighborhoods, as well as attract major news outlets. […]

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Collaboration Workshop Launches the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation, Inc.

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 CHESS Administrator

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 CHESS Administrator

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 CHESS Administrator

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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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 […]

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