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Events

Second Annual “Breakfast with Santa” Shines Light in Dark Times

December 14, 2020December 18, 2020 CHESS Administrator

Gifts, food, happy children, delighted parents and a visit by that special Christmas couple from the North Pole made for a good time on Saturday, Dec. 12 as CHESS hosted […]

News

60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper Set to Air Clotilda/Africatown Story Nov. 29

November 27, 2020November 28, 2020 CHESS Administrator

Africatown and the Clotilda story will be highlighted nationally on 60 Minutes, CBS New’s award-winning television news magazine show, with correspondent Anderson Cooper, who conducted interviews earlier this year. Cooper […]

News

Alabama Power Foundation Donates $75,000 to Heritage House Project in Africatown

November 16, 2020November 28, 2020 CHESS Administrator

The Alabama Power Foundation awarded a $75,000 grant to the History Museum of Mobile, putting it one step closer to sharing the Clotilda story and the town created by the […]

News

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 […]

Founding Board Members of the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
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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 […]

News

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 […]

Events

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. […]

Community

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 […]

Community

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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