Historical Marker
Fort Mims
Historical marker location:
10961 Boatyard Road, Tensaw, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Boatyard Road (County Road 80) and Fort Mims Road, on the left when traveling west on Boatyard Road.)
Marker installed: 1955
500 yards.
The city of Anniston, Alabama was the site of one of the most violent incidents of the Civil Rights Era. In 1961, a bus carrying Freedom Riders, a group of civil rights activists, was attacked and set on fire by a mob in Anniston.