More than a decade ago, the Africatown Welcome Center was a deteriorating trailer overlooking a 149-year-old cemetery. It sat adjacent to the vandalized busts of Cudjoe Lewis, the famed survivor of ...

(WALA) - The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a contract for a welcome center in the Africatown community ... they were brought illegally to Alabama on the Clotilda slave ship ...

A new festival will celebrate the legacy and potential of the Africatown community this weekend, offering a four-day slate of free events. The inaugural Owambe Black History Month Festival is ...

A task force led by Alabama Historical Commission reported ... Aboard were 110 captives who, following the Civil War, settled in the Africatown community that is approximately six miles north ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile City Council voted Tuesday to approve a construction contract for the Africatown Welcome Center. According to city officials, construction can begin once the ...