Tuesday's panel discussion covered the discovery of the Clotilda as well as efforts to preserve the legacy of the founders of the Africatown community
It was a phone call from a friend that led environmental journalist and filmmaker Ben Raines on the journey to uncovering history in the black waters of the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta.
It was Raines who located the sunken remains of the Clotilda, the last known American slave ship in the shallow waters near Twelvemile Island…
The two-day event features a documentary screening, reception and panel discussion. (Photo courtesy City of Mobile)
The Troy University Department of History and Philosophy is expanding the annual McPherson-Mitchell Lecture in Southern History into a two-day event focused on the recent archeological discovery of the remains of the Civil War-era illegal slave ship, the Clotilda, and the still-active community of survivors and descendants in Africatown outside of Mobile, Alabama. The events will…
City and University officials joined dignitaries to unveil a historical marker at the Tuskegee Army Air Field Hangar located in Troy.
Troy University joined the City of Troy on Wednesday to honor the Tuskegee Airmen by unveiling a historical marker at the Tuskegee Army Air Field Hangar located at Troy Municipal Airport.
The Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first black military pilots, used the hangar, which originally located at Tuskegee Army Air Field.
When the training program…
Senior Vice Chancellor Walter Givhan will serve as chairman of the Alabama Historical Commission.
TROY University’s Senior Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Economic Development Gen. Walter Givhan has been named Chairman of the Alabama Historical Commission.
The AHC is the state’s official historic preservation agency. According to Givhan, the members of the commission are the “keepers of heritage.”
The commission is responsible for conducting geographic surveys and handling the…