{"id":15,"date":"2023-04-27T19:28:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T19:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/home\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:37:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-tertiary-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-anton-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Anton\">Welcome to <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-anton-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Anton\">Teach Africatown.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-open-sans-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Open Sans\">We are a community of educators committed to uplifting the 110 African survivors of the slave ship <em>Clotilda <\/em>and the story of Africatown, USA. Here you can browse primary and secondary sources, lesson plans, and facilitation guides about the <em>Clotilda <\/em>and Africatown, and connect with other educators committed to teaching an inclusive, complex, and truthful history of the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/africatown-welcome-1024x540.jpeg\" alt=\"A sign that reads &quot;Welcome to Africatown&quot; and lists the names of the neighborhoods in the community: Plateau, Magazine, Happy Hills, Kelly Hills, Lewis Quarters. \" class=\"wp-image-488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/africatown-welcome-1024x540.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/africatown-welcome-300x158.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/africatown-welcome-768x405.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/africatown-welcome-600x316.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/africatown-welcome.jpeg 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-anton-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Anton\">By educators, For educators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-open-sans-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Open Sans\">In June 2021, educators from Mobile, Alabama designed and implemented <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neh.gov\/programinstitutefellowship\/clotilda-community-history-mobile-alabamas-africatown-0\">From Clotilda to Community: The History of Mobile, Alabama&#8217;s Africatown<\/a><\/strong>, a professional development program funded by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neh.gov\/grants\/education\/landmarks-american-history-and-culture-workshops-school-teachers\">Landmarks<\/a> grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-open-sans-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Open Sans\">In an effort to expand the impact of this program to more educators, <em><strong>Teach Africatown <\/strong><\/em>was created. Now, we are proud to support educators\u2013both here in Mobile and everywhere around the world\u2013who are committed to sharing Africatown&#8217;s story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/about\/\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">About Us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-open-sans-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Open Sans\"><strong>Contact Us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-open-sans-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Open Sans\"><a href=\"mailto:info@teachafricatown.com\">info@teachafricatown.com<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color\">Expertise<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Our diverse team of subject-matter and education experts understands\u2013and is committed to meeting\u2013the many needs of all educators.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color\">Legacy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Our work honors the legacy of the survivors of enslavement and is guided by their dreams of freedom and acts of resilience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color\">Community<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We believe that community and connection are at the core of education. All that we do, we do with care for the  lives of those connected to this history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignfull has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slaveryimages.org\/s\/slaveryimages\/item\/3509\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"280\" data-id=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/yourba-woman-carrying-goods.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-492\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bronze_bust_of_Cudjoe_Lewis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/47\/Bronze_bust_of_Cudjoe_Lewis.jpg\" alt=\"A bronze bust of Kossola\/Cudjo Lewis. \"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalgeographicpartners.com\/2019\/05\/clotilda\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" data-id=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/clotilda-rendering-by-nat-geo-1024x655.jpeg\" alt=\"Rendering of the Clotilda and the hull from the National Geographic Society\" class=\"wp-image-491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/clotilda-rendering-by-nat-geo-1024x655.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/clotilda-rendering-by-nat-geo-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/clotilda-rendering-by-nat-geo-768x491.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/clotilda-rendering-by-nat-geo-1536x982.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/clotilda-rendering-by-nat-geo-600x383.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/clotilda-rendering-by-nat-geo.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By educators, For educators In June 2021, educators from Mobile, Alabama designed and implemented From Clotilda to Community: The History of Mobile, Alabama&#8217;s Africatown, a professional development program funded by a Landmarks grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities. 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