Historical Marker
Holtville School
Historical marker location:
Holtville, Alabama
( Marker is on Holtville Road (Alabama Route 111).)
Marker installed: 1975
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.