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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 (11 total)

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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Vital history can be lost, forgotten or ignored Oct. 31 2010 Press-Register 21A, 23A.pdf
Newspaper article on the Clotilda and Africatown

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Group aims to unearth, preserve our Afircan-American heritage Nov. 26 2010 Press-Register 10A.pdf
Newspaper article on the Mobile African-American Heritage Trail

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Piece of History Feb. 11 2008 Press-Register 1B, 5B Final.pdf
Newspaper article on historic marker at Union Baptist Church

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Forgotten Africatown Nov. 25 2007 Press-Register 1B, 4B.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown

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Celebrating cultures on both sides of the bay Mar. 18 2007 Press-Register 1B, 6B.pdf
Newspaper article on the Africatown Folk Festival and other festivals

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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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Item 11 The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Making of AfricaTown,USA.pdf
Book review of Natalie S. Robertson's book, The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Making of AfricaTown, USA

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Item 8.pdf
Newspaper article on Sylviane Diouf's presentation on the Clotilda

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Item 1.5 Dreams.pdf
Book review of Sylviane Diouf's book, "Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America"

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