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title: Africatown Sign in Mobile, Alabama
author: Graveyardwalker (Amy Walker)
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20910/africatown-sign-in-mobile-alabama/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-08-31
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# Africatown Sign in Mobile, Alabama

_Authored by Graveyardwalker (Amy Walker)_

## Image File

[![Africatown Sign in Mobile, Alabama](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20910.jpeg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20910.jpeg)

## Image Caption

"Welcome to Africatown" sign, photograph by Graveyardwalker (Amy Walker), 2017.

Located at the intersection of Bay Bridge Road and Bay Bridge Cutoff Road in Mobile, Alabama, this sign marks the historic Africatown community and highlights many of its constituent neighbourhoods as they are known today: Plateau, Magazine, Happy Hills, Kelly Hills, and Lewis Quarters. The site lies on the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail of Mobile.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Walker), G. (. (2025, August 31). Africatown Sign in Mobile, Alabama. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20910/africatown-sign-in-mobile-alabama/>
### Chicago
Walker), Graveyardwalker (Amy. "Africatown Sign in Mobile, Alabama." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 31, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20910/africatown-sign-in-mobile-alabama/>.
### MLA
Walker), Graveyardwalker (Amy. "Africatown Sign in Mobile, Alabama." *World History Encyclopedia*, 31 Aug 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20910/africatown-sign-in-mobile-alabama/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Africatown_(cropped).jpg) by [**Graveyardwalker (Amy Walker)**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Africatown_(cropped).jpg). Submitted by [Joshua J. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/JPryst/ "User Page: Joshua J. Mark"), published on 31 August 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.