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
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 8:00 AM
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
Friday, February 19, 2021 6:00 AM by John Sharp
The official start of the first major tourism attraction connected to the 2019 discovery of the last slave ship to enter the United States kicked off Thursday, February 19, 2021, with a ceremony that
Monday, January 25, 2021 10:00 PM
By Rasha Aridi
SMITHSONIANMAG.COM
This past year left us with no shortage of
Monday, January 25, 2021 10:00 PM
The recent discovery of the remains of the last slave ship to the United States is bringing hope of revival to Africatown. It's a small community in Mobile, Ala., founded by African
Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:00 PM
Posted: Jul 16, 2020 / 06:28 PM CDT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WKRG) — The state of Alabama appropriated $1 million to the Alabama Historical Commission to preserve the
Thursday, May 28, 2020 8:00 AM
Descendants of the Clotilda, the last ship to bring slaves to North America, participated in a reunion called the “Spirit of Our Ancestors” festival in Africatown, near Mobile, Alabama. American
Thursday, May 28, 2020 8:00 AM
American History TV joined tour guide Eric Finley to learn about the early history of Mobile, Alabama, and to visit Africatown, a National Historic Landmark neighborhood north of the city founded by
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 12:00 PM
Alabama has filed a federal court claim to ownership of the wreckage of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the U.S., a move the archaeologist who helped find the ship says
Sunday, July 21, 2019 1:00 PM
The wreck of the Clotilda, the last ship to transport enslaved Africans to the United States, sits entombed in mud at the bottom of the Mobile River in Alabama. It is the only ship from the American
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 6:00 PM
MOBILE, Ala. — For decades, a handful of ancestors and neighborhood historians held down the legends of Africatown’s founding, recalling the stories of kidnapped people ripped from Africa and forced