Africatown Community Day will be held Saturday, July 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the Robert L. Hope Community Center lawn in celebration of the opening of Clotilda: The Exhibition at Africatown Heritage House, which is a collaborative effort by Mobile County Commission, History Museum of Mobile, Alabama Historical Commission, City of Mobile, descendants and community groups, and many others.
Volunteers are needed to monitor kid zones, help with workshops, and relieve traffic monitors.
We hope you'll join us for this family friendly community event. Sign up today!
For more information, contact Sharee Broussard at Sharee.Broussard@mobilecountyal.gov or (251) 574-5088.
Parking has been arranged at the following locations with small City bus and golf cart shuttles to/from the celebration site:
- First Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church (664 Shelby St.)
- Yorktown Missionary Baptist Church (851 East St.)
- Union Missionary Baptist Church (506 Africatown Blvd.)
- Shell Bayou Elks Lodge (456 Africatown Blvd.)
- ACDC Farmers Market site (Shelby St. near Tin Top Lane)
- Mobile County Training School’s baseball field (McKinley St.)
