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 (55 total)

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

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"

Item 50 Descendant of Cudjoe dies.pdf
Newspaper article on the death of Cudjo's grandson

Descendants of Clotilde survivor heading here by the hundreds Aug. 13 1998 Mobile Register 1A, 13A.pdf
Newspaper article on reunion of some Clotilda survivor descendants

Item 3 Digging the Clotilda.pdf
Newspaper article on the Clotilda and Africatown

Preserving black heritage at Africatown Jan. 19 1986 6H, 7H Port City Magazine.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown and possible state park

Freedom Fight Nov. 10 2002 Mobile Register 1B, 4B.pdf
Newspaper article on the Amistad and the Clotilda

Item 9 From Africa to Africatown.pdf
Newspaper article on the AfricaTown Folk Festival
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