Community Event

You are invited to attend a special showing of "Rosenwald: Toward A More Perfect Union" as part of Africatown's 2nd Annual Lantern Walk celebration. You can see a trailer for ... Read more

Join the Africatown community in this commemorative event that starts at the Mobile County Training School and processes past several Africatown churches to Plateau Cemetery. "What remarkable people our African ... Read more

Join with other community leaders and activists to plan and strategize for the very important 2024 election year! Stand Up Mobile: A Blueprint for Us is hosting the event at ... Read more

Rev. William J. Barber, III, President and Sr. Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach is holding an Emergency Community Meeting with the family of Jawan Dallas, a man who was tased to death in Mobile in July.  After months of demanding to see the body cam video, the family was finally allowed to see the ... Read more

If you missed the first cemetery mapping, here is your chance to participate! The historical archeologist, Dr. Alexandra Jones, is returning for a second training session and gravesite mapping event at Plateau Cemetery. Participants will meet at First Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, 664 Shelby St., on Saturday morning at 10 am, December 2. Please bring ... Read more

Join us to continue mapping gravesites at the historic Africatown cemetery in Plateau. Several Open Table members have been trained by archeologist Dr. Alexandra Jones to participate in the project. ... Read more

The public is cordially invited to attend a special presentation during the annual Spirit of Our Ancestors Festival for Africatown Descendants on Wednesday, January 31st, at the Historic Avenue Cultural Center. British historian Dr. Durkin -- who holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Nottingham and specializes in transatlantic slavery and African ... Read more

The Clotilda Descendants are pleased to announce Mary N. Elliott as the 2024 Spirit of Our Ancestors Festival's keynote speaker. As a museum specialist and curator of American slavery with the Smithsonian Institute, Ms. Elliott helped to research, conceptualize, and design the “Slavery and Freedom” inaugural exhibition for Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History ... Read more

Alabama votes in primary elections on Tuesday, March 5 from 7 am to 7 pm. Our Mobile County congressional districts have changed, and some polling places may have also changed. Those living in Mobile, Prichard, Chickasaw, and Citronelle are now in District 2. Those living in south Mobile County, Saraland, and Satsuma remain in District ... Read more

Mark your calendars for the next Sierra Club presentation---Pat O'Neil, long-time Deputy Director of Geological Survey of Alabama and a compelling speaker will draw from a background of investigation into the state's ecological/geological history to share some perspectives on Alabama's Riverine Fishes. You don't want to miss this one!!!