Africatown

Historical marker location:

Mobile, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Bay Bridge Road (Alternate U.S. 90) and Magazine Road South, on the right when traveling east on Bay Bridge Road.)

Marker installed: 2019

The state of Alabama played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was sparked by Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus, took place in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. The city was also the site of the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, which were a key event in the struggle for voting rights for African Americans.