Historic Bell

Historical marker location:

Ozark, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of North Union Avenue (Alabama Route 123) and Broad Street (Alabama Route 27), on the right when traveling south on North Union Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1974

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.