Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation
The Africatown Community, located in Mobile, Alabama, is best known for its connection to the U.S. slave ship Clotilda. This community was established by the very same Africans that were enslaved and brought to the U.S. illegally aboard the Clotilda in 1860. Since the establishment of the community...
Africatown swim Program 2024
July 11, 2024
AHPF partnered with the Mobile Baykeeper for the Africatown Swim Program. During this program students learned all about how to keep our waters safe while showcasing all of the swim skills we have learned! They also played a couple of fun, environmentally focused games: "Send Me Over Seagrass" and "Ocean Commotion." To learn more about the work of Mobile Baykeeper visit, mobilebaykeeper.com Also, a special thank you to Jennifer Prince of Mobile Baykeeper for consistently partnering with us as a swim instructor this year! Click here to see photos from this year's program.
March 3, 2024
The Robert Hope Homemade Kite Event holds great significance as it is a long-standing tradition in Plateau and serves as a means to reunite people. The event, organized by the MCTS Alumni, takes place in March and is highly cherished by the community. It offers a chance for individuals of all ages to come together, enjoy themselves, and partake in making homemade kite and activities that define our community events. We look forward ta your presence and participation an Saturday, March 9th.
AHPF Board workday
March 22, 2024
The Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation Board held a work day today at the Adams and Reese LLP in the RSA Towers in Downtown Mobile. The Board, Founders, and Advisory met to establish our new objectives and work on and revise our policies and procedures. We also welcomed our new board members: Jasmine Washington, Ramsey Sprague, Dr. Beverly Scott, Darron Patterson, Ephrem Kitoyi, and Damien Marks. Read about our new board members.
Railroad expansion Community Meeting
January 25, 2024
Join us for the Community Railroad Expansion Community Meeting at the Robert Hope Community Center, on Thursday, January 25th, from 5:30-7:30 PM. We need your help to gather questions about the railroad expansion project!
Food and refreshments will be served.
Documenting Plateau's Cemetery
December 2, 2023
Join us for the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation mapping of the Plateau Cemetery. We will meet at First Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church 664 Shelby St, Mobile, AL 36610 from 10am - 3pm.
Digital map to outline descendants of historic Plateau cemetery is underway
Nearly 100 volunteers showed up to help THE AFRICATOWN HERITAGE & PERSERVATION FOUNDATION in the mapping of Africatown's Historic Plateau Cemetery. Please click on link below to view local tv 5 report of their exercise this past Saturday.
Archaeologists and researchers are working on a map where people can look up their loved ones who are buried at the Old Plateau Cemetery in Africatown. Volunteers along with researchers worked Saturday morning to map out the Old Plateau Cemetery in Africatown to help develop the digital map. Most people who are buried at the cemetery are the last known descendants of the Clotilda, and archeologists are working with the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation to create a way for people to be able to research and learn more about their history. -WKRG 5
Visit the Africatown hertiage house
Africatown Heritage House is a community building in Mobile, Alabama that houses "Clotilda: The Exhibition" about the survivors and descendants of slaves transported on the Clotilda, the United States' last known slave ship, many of whom established Africatown.
Watch the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation free virtual training entitled "Building Our Africatown". Click below to watch these informational sessions.
descendants on netflix
Descendant tells the story of the Clotilda - the last known ship to smuggle stolen Africans to America - the unthinkable cover-up, and the impact of that crime on generations of descendants living in Africatown. Once the past is revealed, can the future be reclaimed? Descendants of the enslaved Africans on an illegal ship that arrived in Alabama in 1860 seek justice and healing when the craft's remains are discovered.
Current and Upcoming Initiatives
The AHPF has partnered with Mobile County, Vulcan Materials, and SBP to replace roofs for needed homes in Africatown. Four more houses were completed. We couldn't have done it without your kind support. THANK YOU!
We are hiring for an Immediate Executive Director. Click below to learn more and apply.