More than a decade ago, the Africatown Welcome Center was ... of its remains are still stuck in the muddy Mobile River. A task force led by Alabama Historical Commission reported last year that ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile City Council voted Tuesday to approve a construction contract for the Africatown Welcome Center. According to city officials, construction can begin once the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The city is getting closer to starting construction on a welcome center in the historic Africatown community. The Mobile City Council today took up a proposed $4.6 million ...

It all began in 1859 in Mobile, Alabama ... By 1870, they had established a small village in Alabama that they proudly called African Town – it was later renamed Africatown. It was a clear way of ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a contract for a welcome center in the Africatown community that city officials hope will help spur tourism and other ...