Historical Marker
Congregation Beth Israel
Historical marker location:
761 Chestnut Street, Gadsden, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Chestnut Street and South 8th Street, on the right when traveling west on Chestnut Street.)
Marker installed: 1998
“Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself" - Leviticus 19: 18.
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.