PURPOSE & GOALS

The goals of the Mobile History Project are

to provide useful and relevant resources,

to build unity and inspire progress,

to strengthen civic identity and a shared commitment to the city's future

by increasing awareness of what makes Mobile unique

as well as what makes Mobile significant in the broader context

of American history. 

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The Mobile History Project encourages an historical perspective

which embraces both triumphs and failures,

a more inclusive and document-based perspective

on Mobile's historical narrative, in order to enhance the

confidence and well-being of the entire community.

 

Realizing that no idea or event takes place in isolation, the purpose

is to illuminate people and events which have been traditionally overlooked or under-represented, to inspire empathy and understanding by recognizing the impact of social interaction and the connection between individual actions, community values and historical patterns.

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By exploring not only what happened but why, the resources of the

Mobile History Project 

are intended to establish a more coherent link from the past to the present

and a clearer, more unified path to the future.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation

invites us to "share a place that helps tell a little-known or underrepresented piece of the American story."

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MobileHistoryProject.com was created to serve this purpose, seeking to explore little-known pieces of the past so that, from this mosaic of diverse cultures and people, emerges a more authentic picture of the unique heritage we all share.

 

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