Historical Marker
McGowin-Lyons
Historical marker location:
1 St Louis Street, Mobile, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of St Louis Street and North Water Street, on the right when traveling east on St Louis Street.)
One St. Louis Centre. 1907-1986.
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.