Crow Town

Historical marker location:

Stevenson, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 72 and Kentucky Ave. on U.S. 72.)

Marker installed: 2008

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.