Scott Pioli explains why he believes Africatown -- a historically important community near the Senior Bowl's home in Mobile, Alabama -- must be boosted up.

If you were hoping to get into the Africatown Heritage House on opening day, you’re out of luck: Every available tour has been booked up. But the weekend brings several other opportunities to get in ...

A decade ago, Africatown’s future was largely centered on neighborhood revitalization. Then came the discovery of the Clotilda. The identification of the last known slave ship to bring captive ...

The Clotilda is the last known slave ship to dock on U.S. shores. Harlem-based firm JEROME HAFERD (BRANDT : HAFERD) was awarded first prize in the Africatown International Design Idea Competition for ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - U.S. Representative Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) came to the historic Africatown community to announce $2.5 million in federal funding to support affordable housing. The money will ...

More than 160 years ago, a schooner carrying illegal human cargo sailed into Mobile Bay. It was a half-century after the importation of slaves had been outlawed in the U.S. Still, in the dark of night ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A remarkable legacy is explained in Mobile, Alabama. Mobile County Commission Clotilda: The Exhibition opened on July 8 in ...

One hundred and sixty-three years is a long time when you want to forget. Not so when you want to remember. When you want to remember, it’s just a moment ago. So it is for the descendants of Clotilda, ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -Mobile City Council Member Samantha Ingram posted in her District 2 newsletter sent out January 9 a report on the community meeting she attended last week regarding a proposed ...

The recent discovery of the remains of the last slave ship to the United States is bringing hope of revival to Africatown. It's a small community in Mobile, Ala., founded by African captives brought ...

In honor of Black History Month, New York Met great Cleon Jones, who caught the last out of the 1969 World Series, shares his incredible story: from his friendship with Jackie Robinson as a player to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new construction yard is being planned in Mobile's Africatown neighborhood, next to an asphalt plant that has been a thorn in ...