MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Two locations in Mobile are now recognized for their role in the Reconstruction Era, a period of U.S. history after the Civil War. The National Park Service recognizes more than ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The remaining descendants of the last ship carrying enslaved Africans to land in the U.S. in 1860 met Saturday in Mobile, Alabama, for a memorial ceremony. Attendees, many of them ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Residents of Africatown had the opportunity to preserve history at a photo scan event. The event was hosted by UCLA Ph.D. candidate Madison Aubey in partnership with All Things ...

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 ...

Participants in the upcoming Conversations on Race series will view a CBS 60 Minutes feature on the Clotilda — the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States — and explore the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - There was a great opportunity today to learn about the history and culture of Africatown in Mobile. A culture festival was held at the Africatown Heritage House, where Clotilda ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Africatown Heritage House was named a nominee in the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for Best New Museum. The home was nominated by journalists who have visited ...

This weekend, the Africatown Heritage House hosts “A Serenade to the Ancestors” as a Christmas celebration. Africatown Heritage House manager Jessica Fairley joined News 5’s Shamonee Baker on the Red ...

An Alabama Port Authority railroad project that generated concern in Mobile’s Africatown community has passed a review by the Federal Railroad Administration, which says the work will not disrupt ...