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Clotilda discovery, Africatown highlighted at TROY’s McPherson Mitchell Lecture

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

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…

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Alumnus Theo Moore’s documentary on Africatown community streaming free on Saturday

TROY alumnus Theo Moore II was inspired to share the story of Africatown by highlighting the people rather than just the community itself.

TROY alumnus Theo Moore II was inspired to share the story of Africatown by highlighting the people rather than just the community itself.

Hiztorical Vision Productions founder and Troy University alumnus Theo Moore has created a new documentary to explore the history and future of Africatown – “Afrikan By Way of American.”

Africatown is a community in Mobile, Alabama formed by the descendants of slaves aboard America’s last slave ship, Clotilda.

Moore, who founded HVP in 2017 to…

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Alumnus sheds light on history with film production company

Theo Moore is using his short-film production company to examine the often-overlooked contributions of Black Americans throughout U.S. history.

Theo Moore is using his short-film production company to examine the often-overlooked contributions of Black Americans throughout U.S. history.

Throughout history and in the classroom, the role and contributions of African Americans in textbook history courses can be overlooked. Archives are harder to find, lineage is harder to trace and achievements go unnoticed.

Troy University graduate Theo Moore started his short film production company, Hiztorical Vision Productions, as a solution to this problem.

Moore…

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Reps. John Lewis, Terri Sewell to serve as keynote speakers for annual Leadership Conference

Reps. John Lewis and Terri Sewell will serve as keynote speakers for the Leadership Conference Celebrating African American History Month on Feb. 2-3.

Reps. John Lewis and Terri Sewell will serve as keynote speakers for the Leadership Conference Celebrating African American History Month on Feb. 2-3.

Two members of Congress will serve as keynote speakers during the 2018 Leadership Conference Celebrating African American History Month Feb. 2-3 at Troy University.

Rep. John Lewis, who represents Georgia’s fifth Congressional District, will deliver the conference’s opening address on Friday, Feb. 2, in Sartain Hall on the Troy Campus. The opening session will begin…

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