Fire Bell

Historical marker location:

1951 Main St, Louisville, Alabama

( Marker is on Main Street (Alabama Route 51), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2017

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.