More than 160 years ago, a schooner carrying illegal human cargo sailed into Mobile Bay. It was a half-century after the importation of slaves had been outlawed in the U.S. Still, in the dark of night ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Two locations in Mobile are now recognized for their role in the Reconstruction Era, a period of U.S. history after the Civil War. The National Park Service recognizes more than ...

A native of Mobile’s Crichton neighborhood, Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood has served the Mobile County area, the state of Alabama and the country through her work as an attorney. She ...

Explore the back story of the Africatown Heritage House with descendants of town founders. APT's Randy Scott and Clotilda descendant Veda Robbins explore the back story of the Africatown Heritage ...

A first-of-its-kind museum dedicated to the Clotilda - the last known slave ship - and its 110 survivors will officially open on Saturday, 163 years to the date that the vessel arrived into Mobile Bay ...

One hundred and sixty-three years is a long time when you want to forget. Not so when you want to remember. When you want to remember, it’s just a moment ago. So it is for the descendants of Clotilda, ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A taste of African culture was available to those attending the Africatown Heritage House’s inaugural Culture Fest, serving as a cultural celebration filled with spoken word, ...

for the descendants of slaves in America. It can be difficult to trace one's family history, but now researchers who were investigating the last known slave ship to ever arrive in the US, the Clotilde ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Residents of Africatown had the opportunity to preserve history at a photo scan event. The event was hosted by UCLA Ph.D. candidate Madison Aubey in partnership with All Things ...

In honor of Black History Month, New York Met great Cleon Jones, who caught the last out of the 1969 World Series, shares his incredible story: from his friendship with Jackie Robinson as a player to ...