Clotilda descendants, Auburn University staff and students and others gather at the Hope Community Center in Africatown, a community founded by people who were kidnapped aboard the Clotilda. From left: Sandy Reid, wife of Clotilda descendant Darron Patterson; Darron Patterson; Lori Spradley, Auburn University assistant professor and librarian, College of Human Sciences; Keysha Brown, director of community affairs for the city of Mobile (in orange top); Auburn University journalism students; and Auburn journalism lecturer Joan Harrell.