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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 (116 total)

Item 5 Africatown.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown, referencing the Clotilda

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Religion Bulletin Special Services Union Baptist Church Aug. 14 2004 Mobile Register 5D.pdf
Newspaper article on the 144th anniversary of the Clotilda's landing

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

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A celebration of heritage Dec. 26 2006 Press-Register 1D, 3D.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown and Kwanzaa

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Memoir of Lottie Dennison.pdf
Section from Mable Dennison's biography for Lottie Dennison. Full book is available for viewing at Mobile Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Division.

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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

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Africatown could be a major historic site Feb. 8 2011 Press-Register 5A.pdf
Editorial on Africatown

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Africatown on verge of historic breakthrough Oct. 21 2012 Press-Register 4A.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown and National Register of Historic Places

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Africatown project reviving history Jan. 23 2010 Press-Register 6A.pdf
Editorial on Africatown Cemetery project

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Africatown works toward its future, honors its past Jul. 5 1981 4B.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown's history

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