North Birmingham

Historical marker location:

Birmingham, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of 27th Street North and 31st Avenue North, on the left when traveling north on 27th Street North.)

Marker installed: 1992

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.