Just in time for Juneteenth, a new documentary highlights an untold story of African-American history. Overwhelmed by the moment, Clotilda descendant Cassandra Lewis shares a heartfelt embrace with ...

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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) —Saturday was an extraordinary evening for the Africatown community as they celebrated a highly anticipated documentary highlighting Clotilda’s descendants. “Descendant” shares ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with director Margaret Brown and Veda Tunstall about their new documentary, "Descendant." It follows the descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda. For generations, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TIME talked to the film’s director, Margaret Brown, herself a Mobile native, about the purpose of the project, why some local ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - National Geographic has produced another film about the Clotilda, the last known slave ship that historians say arrived in Mobile more than a century ago. ‘Clotilda: The Return ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — In the murky waters of an Alabama river, diver Kamau Sadiki said he had to pause before entering the last known slave ship to the United States, where 110 people were confined ...

When the 2023 Oscar nominations were announced last week, media outlets that traffic in awards-show coverage as a form of celebrity gossip flooded the internet with lists of high-profile snubs, ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A documentary that’s been three years in the making is making its debut this weekend. “Descendant” tells the story of the slave ship, Clotilda, and its direct links to the ...

It was one of the most shameful episodes in American history. In 1860, wealthy businessman and human trafficker Timothy Meaher wagered that he could illegally smuggle a ship with 110 enslaved Africans ...

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