Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES) 25th Anniversary Panel and Dinner
ProCES 25th Anniversary SPONSORED BY THE G.S. BECKWITH GILBERT '63 LECTURE SERIES 4:30-5:45 "Responsible Research Practices with Environmental Justice Communities" In 1860, the last ship of enslaved people landed on the shore of Mobile Bay. After the end of the Civil War, these survivors of the Middle Passage bought land on the plateau above the river, built homes and a school, and called this place Africantown. Africatown was a sanctuary for Black Americans throughout Reconstruction and Jim Crow. However, like many historic Black towns along the Gulf Coast, Africatown has been ...
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