Historical Marker
The Crescent
Historical marker location:
124 Mitcham Avenue, Auburn, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Mitcham Avenue and North Gay Street, on the right when traveling east on Mitcham Avenue.)
Marker installed: 2016
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.