South Professor Kern Jackson on New Clotilda Documentary

Article and photo by: Conor Merrick | News Editor | cpm2022@jagmail.southalabama.edu Director Margaret Brown’s film “Descendant”, shown at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival is co-written and co-produced by South’s very own Dr. Kern Jackson. The film’s success at Sundance sparked Netflix and Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, to acquire the film. Dr. Jackson is the director of the African American Studies Minor … Continue reading South Professor Kern Jackson on New Clotilda Documentary

Robert Battles on the Clotilda: A Live Discussion about Black History

By: Dustin Petridge | Lifestyle Editor Photo credit: Ballotpedia. On Feb. 24, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs hosted a speech from Robert Battles, a former member of the Mobile County Public School System and director of the Africatown Welcome Center. Battles gave a speech, followed by an open dialogue about the discovery of the slave ship Clotilda.  In 2019, a ship originally intended to … Continue reading Robert Battles on the Clotilda: A Live Discussion about Black History