Andrew Jackson

Historical marker location:

Huntsville, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Holmes Avenue and Lincoln St., NE on Holmes Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1951

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.