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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20K4_trailways-attack_Anniston-AL.html
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Two busloads of Freedom Riders arrived in Alabama on Sunday, May 14, 1961, bound for New Orleans. It was an organized effort by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to challenge the South's continued defiance of U. S. Supreme Court …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20IZ_calhoun-county-world-war-i-memorial-a-war-memorial_Anniston-AL.html
South side
This tablet is
erected in honor
of the
Soldiers and
Sailors from
Calhoun County
Alabama
who served in the
Great World War
1917 - 1919
North side
Calhoun County's Honor Roll
"Better the shot, the blade, the bowl,
tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20HM_anniston-public-library-desegregation_Anniston-AL.html
Desegregation of the Library began when two African American
pastors, Reverends William B. McClain and Nimrod Q. Reynolds,
peacefully attempted to enter the building on September 15, 1963.
Their actions were endorsed by the city of Anniston Hum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20HL_anniston-memorial-hospital_Anniston-AL.html
When seven injured "Freedom Riders" arrived at the Hospital on
this date, the mob that had attacked them earlier in the day
followed. The Riders were testing desegregation of public
transportation in the South by riding buses. The bus they had
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20HK_west-15th-street-historic-district_Anniston-AL.html
This district was once the economic and social hub of Anniston's African American community. In its heyday (1940-1950), the District was a "city within a city," with businesses that catered to the black community. Grocery stores, restaurants, doct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20HJ_seventeenth-street-missionary-baptist-church-organized-1887_Anniston-AL.html
Seventeenth Street Missionary Baptist Church served as the home of "mass meetings" for black Annistonians who planned and executed Anniston's part of the Civil Rights Movement. Reverends D.C. Washington (1937-1960) and Nimrod Q. Reynolds (1960-200…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20GV_greyhound-bus-station-protest-may-14-1961_Anniston-AL.html
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This was the site of the Greyhound bus terminal where on May 14, 1961, a bus carrying black and white Civil Rights Activists known as "Freedom Riders" was attacked by a mob of whites who were protesting desegregation of public transportatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20GU_the-murder-of-willie-brewster-july-15-1965_Anniston-AL.html
Willie Brewster became the target of white extremists after words spoke at a National States Rights Party encouraged them to commit acts of violence against blacks. As Brewster drove home with co-workers from the night shift at Union Foundry, he w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20GT_the-human-relations-council_Anniston-AL.html
The Anniston City Commission, on May 16, 1963, established by resolution the Human Relations Council, consisting of five white men and four black men. The Council's purpose was to "make recommendations concerning human relations," and its members …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20GQ_george-w-ingram_Anniston-AL.html
Seaman Second Class, United States Navy, George Washington Ingram was killed in action in the defense of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
For Seaman Ingram's bravery, an American destroyer was built and named in his honor. The U.S.S. George W…