William Hooper Councill

Historical marker location:

Normal, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Meridian Street and Parker Drive NW, on the right when traveling north on Meridian Street.)

Marker installed: 2004

Founder. Alabama A&M University.

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.