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The exhibition in Mobile, Ala., illustrates how the Clotilda illegally transported 110 captive people from Africa in 1860 and what became of them after they were later freed.

The exhibition opens on the 163rd anniversary of the 110 Africans’ arrival in Mobile, Alabama. On Saturday, the Africatown Heritage […] The post ‘Clotilda: The Exhibition’ chronicles America’s last known ship carrying enslaved people appeared first on TheGrio.

Film screening, panel discussion highlight environmental impacts in South Alabama town

The story of an illegal slave ship brought to Alabama and the descendants of its captives is front and center today. A two-day lecture at Troy University is focusing on the discovery the Clotilda and the significance of the Africatown community.

APR News Director Pat Duggins will discuss the newsroom’s nine month investigation into preserving slave cemeteries in Alabama as part of a discussion about slavery in the state. The event takes place at the GulfQuest Maritime Museum in Mobile, tomorrow at 10 a.m.

The powerful Netflix documentary uses stories and records passed down from generation to generation.

Our movie buff gives us the good guide.

Tuberville told people Saturday at an election rally in Nevada that Democrats support reparations for the descendants of enslaved people because “they think the people that do the crime are owed that.”

Following news that the award-winning documentary “Descendant” will screen as...

The 2022 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) kicked off Friday...