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 ...

It is set to be built on Bay Bridge Road next to the Africa Town Graveyard ... who represents the Africatown area, said he has high hopes for the new facility. “It’s a huge anchoring ...

Today, the Africatown they created as an alternative ... Only the Union Missionary Baptist Church and the graveyard where the ancestors are buried are tangible reminders of the first generation. The ...

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 ...