Racial Zoning

Historical marker location:

1 8th Ave W, Birmingham, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Center Street and 8th Avenue West, on the right when traveling south on Center Street.)

March Route for Fair Housing. Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail.

The first European settlement in Alabama was established in 1702 by the French at Fort Louis de la Mobile, which is now the city of Mobile. It was named after Louis XIV of France and was the capital of French Louisiana until 1711.