Collaboration Workshop Launches the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation, Inc.
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 […]
Santa Visits Africatown in First Annual Christmas Breakfast
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 […]
Renew Alabama Environmental Tour Stops in Africatown
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 […]
Africatown Says ‘Yes’ to Proposed Architectural Competition at CHESS Community Meeting
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 […]
Africatown Mobile Inspires Africatown Seattle Leaders to Preserve Their Cultural Legacy
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 […]
Clotilda Discovery Prompts Celebration in Africatown
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 […]
CHESS Mapping Exercise is a Success
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 […]
Africatown Kite Flying Day in March
Kids, kites, food and fun. All the ingredients for another successful kite-flying day in Africatown. The second annual event brings together scores of children from the community and those who […]
“Spirit of Our Ancestors” Festival A Huge Success
C.H.E.S.S. Community Engagement Officer Sets the Pace for New Annual Event in Africatown Joycelyn Davis felt the tug to continue her family legacy, training under her aunt, Lorna Woods, to […]