A Vision of Reconciliation with Ben Raines and Clotilda Descendants at Ben May Main Library

Mobile Public Library is celebrating 120 years of service to the community and is proud to present a panel discussion in honor of Juneteenth with Ben Raines, the award-winning environmental journalist, filmmaker, author, and charter captain, who discovered the wreckage of the Clotilda. The panel will include Darron Patterson and Joycelyn Davis of the Clotilda Descendants Association, as well as Vickii Howell, founder of the M.O.V.E Gulf Coast CDC. They will discuss the importance of how our future actions will help to define the character of our community and the quality of life for all of the residents of Africatown and Mobile. The panel will also take questions from the audience. www.mobilepubliclibrary.org