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The Catholic Church in South Alabama is under new leadership. Nearly one year after Archbishop Thomas Rodi announced his ...
The remaining descendants of the last ship carrying enslaved Africans to land in the U.S. in 1860 met Saturday in Mobile, ...
Since 2019, bringing that legacy to life has been the mission of Meg McCrummen Fowler, Ph.D., director of the History Museum of Mobile, which partnered with the Alabama Historical Commission ...
MOBILE, Ala. — A museum that tells the history of the Clotilda - the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement - opened Saturday, exactly 163 years after the ...
Alabama is rich in history and culture, and its landmarks offer a glimpse into the state’s past. ... Mobile, Alabama has many must-see historic landmarks that are worth visiting.
MOBILE, ALABAMA — “Step into my office,” Darron Patterson, 71, said with a wry smile as he swept an arm toward a metal bench.
MOBILE, Ala. - Throughout the years, women have played an important role in the historic preservation movement in the United States and locally.An upcoming discussion will share the story of how ...
MOBILE, Ala. >> A museum that tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement — opened Saturday, exactly 163 years after the ...
The exhibit tells about the ship, its survivors and how they founded Africatown community in Mobile after they were freed from five years of slavery following the Civil War. Stream Connecticut ...
On July 8, 1860, a schooner carrying 110 men, women and children stolen from Africa sailed into waters near Mobile Bay under the cover of night. A shipwreck awash in Black history takes center ...