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 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The city is getting closer to starting construction on a welcome center in the historic Africatown community. The Mobile City Council today took up a proposed $4.6 million ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A resolution is set to be introduced before the Mobile City Council this week to authorize an agreement with a contractor for the Africatown Welcome Center. The agreement ...

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 ...