Africatown Heritage House (Mobile, Alabama) This monument to the survivors and descendants of people who came to the U.S. on the last known slave ship is about four and a half hours outside of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...