Historical Marker
It Takes a Village
Historical marker location:
320 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of North Claiborne Street and Dauphin Street, on the left when traveling south on North Claiborne Street.)
Marker installed: 2017
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.