Mobile Public Library Digital Collections

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 (27 total)

Historic marker to be dedicated Feb. 6 2011 Press-Register 1C.pdf
Newspaper article on Old Plateau Cemetery marker

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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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Granny Dennison, local historian, dies Nov. 26 2009 Press-Register 5C.pdf
Newspaper article on the death of Mable Dennison

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Gifts to Africatown May 21 2007 Press-Register 1B.pdf
Newspaper photograph of Cudjo's bust

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Council seeks to honor history of more black neighborhoods in Mobile Sept. 22 2009 Press-Register 1B Final.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown and Oakdale as potential historic districts

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Newspaper article on Sylviane Diouf's presentation on the Clotilda

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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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Carnival film wins standing ovation Aug. 1 2008 Press-Register 1A, 4A.pdf
Newspaper article on documentary The Order of Myths

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Businessman, historian Jack Friend dies Nov. 13 2010 Press-Register 1C, 3C.pdf
Newspaper article on local historian Jack Friend's death

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Black heritage trail takes shape Mar. 30 2007 Mobile County Neighbors 1, 6.pdf
Newspaper article on Mobile's black heritage trail including Africatown markers

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