Historical Marker
High Town Path
Historical marker location:
Ridge Rd, Moulton, Alabama
( Marker is on Ridge Road north of Alabama Route 33, on the right when traveling north.)
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.