From Africa to Africatown with Joycelyn M. Davis

Erin and Amber are joined by Joycelyn M. Davis, the Community Engagement Officer for Africatown C.H.E.S.S.. In this interview, Davis discusses the re-discovery and legacy of the Clotilda, the last documented ship known to transport enslaved Africans to the United States. Davis also shares the various initiatives that she and other descendants of the Clotilda are undertaking to preserve the history and fight for environmental justice in Africatown, AL.

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