Arthur "Tarzan" White

Historical marker location:

Gaylesville, Alabama

( Marker is on County Route 15 south of County Route 830, on the right when traveling south.)

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.