Historical Marker
Trailways Bus Station
Historical marker location:
401 19th St N, Birmingham, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of North 19th Street and 4th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north on North 19th Street.)
Destination. Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail.
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.