Southern Railway Station Attack January 2, 1961 - Anniston, AL
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Markerman62
N 33° 38.950 W 085° 49.925
16S E 608298 N 3723869
Located at 126 West 4th Street, Anniston
Waymark Code: WM15YEH
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2022
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Local "Jim Crow" laws in the first half of the 20th century enforced racial segregation in public transportation facilities throughout the South. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Boynton v. Virginia (1960) upheld that segregation in these facilities was illegal, yet African American Talladega College student Art Bacon encountered hostility when he arrived by train at this station. As he left the station, he was beaten by five white men for sitting in the formerly "whites-only" waiting room.
Four days later, Talladega College students and faculty marched peacefully along Gurnee Avenue, at one point circling the police station, in protest of the assault.
Marker Name: Southern Railway Station Attack January 2, 1961
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by City of Anniston Historic Trails Program.
A part of the Anniston Civil Rights Trail.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2016
Marker Number: 1
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