First United Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

805Canal St NE, Decatur, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Canal Street Northeast and Lafayette Street Northeast, on the right when traveling south on Canal Street Northeast.)

Marker installed: 2016

“Growing in Christ, Sharing God’s Love”.

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.