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Africatown vs. Mobile’s New Zoning Change Proposals – Part 2 of 3

February 14, 2021February 18, 2021 Joe Womack

This second of 3 blogs examining the City of Mobile’s proposed zoning changes is broken down into 3 parts. Part 1 contains information from Africatown residents contained in our Africatown […]

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Africatown vs. Mobile’s New Zoning Change Proposals – Part 1 of 3

February 3, 2021February 4, 2021 Joe Womack

“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 […]

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Africatown Residents Win Over Commission to Block Zoning Variance

September 25, 2020October 1, 2020 Joe Womack

The Africatown Neighborhood Plan, which reflects the thoughts and wishes of Africatown residents for their community, was the motivating factor in the Mobile’s Zoning Board of Adjustment’ decision to deny […]

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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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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 […]

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