More than a decade ago, the Africatown Welcome Center was a deteriorating ... A task force led by Alabama Historical Commission reported last year that the ship was too “broken” and decayed ...

After the Civil War, Africans brought on Meaher's covert trip would go on to found Africatown, Alabama, where many of their descendants still live today. Remains of the Clotilda were found in ...

Situated on the Gulf Coast, Mobile, Alabama, is rich in history and culture ... from the Clotilda are on display at the newly opened Africatown Heritage House in Mobile. Clotilda: The Exhibit ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A judge on Friday denied bond for a pair of men charged with murder in the death of a man in the Africatown community last week. The shooting, which occurred a week ago in ...

City officials said the Africatown Welcome Center will serve as a “strategic community destination” and will provide visitors a “first stop” to link cultural destinations and historic ...

(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 ...