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Mobile Public Library Local History & Genealogy Library

The Local History and Genealogy Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of Mobile, and the greater Gulf Coast region.

Browse Items (22 total)

25th Original Africatown Folk Festival slated for this weekend Mar. 14 2007 Press-Register 1B, 6B.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown festival and history

Item 1 African Dreams.pdf
Book review of Sylviane Diouf's book, Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Last Africans Brought to America

Amistad Welcomed in Mobile Nov. 11 2002 1A, 4A.pdf
Newspaper article on the Amistad and the Clotilda

Item 37 A Memoir of Lottie Dennison.pdf
Book summary of A Memoir of Lottie Dennison by Mable Dennison

An overlooked heritage Nov. 6 2002 12A.pdf
Editorial on the Clotilda and Africatown

Benin roots mix with Africatown cuisine Nov. 10 2002 Mobile Register 1B, 3B.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown and Benin

Benin's apology was historic event Mar. 13 2005 Mobile Register 2D.pdf
Correspondence on Benin's apology to Africatown

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