Historical Marker
Anniston Public Library Desegregation
Historical marker location:
108 East 10th Street, Anniston, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of East 10th Street and Wilmer Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 10th Street.)
Marker installed: 2016
September 15-16, 1963. Anniston Civil Rights Trail.
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.