Clotilda Documentary ‘Descendant’ Set to Stream on Netflix in October
The story of Africatown and the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States, is set to reach a global audience when the documentary “Descendant”…
Africatown Residents Push for ‘Safety Zone’ Label to Stop Encroaching Industries
Africatown residents are pushing for the historic Mobile community to be designated a “safety zone” under the city’s updated zoning code, arguing that encroaching industrial development threatens both the health…
Africatown Documentary Debuts at Savannah Film Festival, Fueling Mobile Heritage Tourism Push
A new short documentary on the Clotilda and the Africatown community its survivors founded premiered in Savannah, Georgia, part of a Mobile-funded push to build heritage tourism around the ship's…
Africatown Redevelopment Corporation Board of Directors Appointed
The board of directors for the Africatown Redevelopment Corporation (ARC) has been officially appointed, Alabama House Representative Adline C. Clarke announced on October 6, 2021, in Mobile. The ARC board…
Mobile Picks Award-Winning Design Team for the Africatown Welcome Center
MOBILE, Ala. — The City of Mobile has selected the team that will lead design and engineering for the planned Africatown Welcome Center, bringing together firms behind some of the…
Amtrak Says Gulf Coast Passenger Rail to Mobile Still on Track for Early 2022
Amtrak officials told the Southern Rail Commission they still plan to launch passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile in early 2022, even as a long-delayed freight modeling study…
Africatown’s Long Fight Against Cancer and Industrial Pollution
Generations of Africatown residents have battled cancer and industrial pollution from neighboring paper mills, leading to a decades-long legal fight against International Paper that ended in a confidential settlement in…
Construction Bids Go Out for $600,000 Africatown Heritage House Museum
Construction bids have gone out for the $600,000 Africatown Heritage House, a museum building near Mobile's Clotilda discovery site, with History Museum of Mobile Director Meg Fowler detailing plans for…
60 Minutes to Spotlight the Clotilda as $1 Million Preservation Push Begins in Africatown
National attention returns to one of Mobile’s most storied historic sites this weekend, as the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” prepares to air a segment on the schooner Clotilda — the…
Alabama Proceeds With Plan to Remove Artifacts From the Clotilda Wreck
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama is moving forward with plans to study and recover artifacts from the submerged wreck of the Clotilda, the last slave ship known to have landed on…