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    History of Africatown, slave ship focus of District’s BHM luncheon

    History of Africatown, slave ship focus of District’s BHM luncheon

    MOBILE, AL, UNITED STATES

    02.01.2023

    Photo by Charles Walker 

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District

    Joe Womack, retired U.S. Marine Corps Major, president of the Clean, Healthy Educated, Safe & Sustainable Community, Inc., and co-founder of the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation, speaks at the Mobile Distirct’s Black History Month Luncheon, February 1, 2023, in Mobile, Alabama. Womack spoke about the history of Africatown and the preservation of the slave ship Clotilda, the last known slave ship in the United States that was scuttled off the Mobile Harbor near present day Africatown in Mobile. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 02.01.2023
    Date Posted: 03.09.2023 12:12
    Photo ID: 7672788
    VIRIN: 230201-A-VP913-001
    Resolution: 2048x1532
    Size: 403.87 KB
    Location: MOBILE, AL, US

    Web Views: 7
    Downloads: 1

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