Historical Marker
Encanchata
Historical marker location:
201 Water Street, Montgomery, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Water Street and Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east on Water Street.)
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.