Anniston, AL –Public Relations Director for the city of Anniston, Jackson Hodges, explained Anniston Civil Rights Trail Anniston Civil Rights Trail recognizes and commemorates important events and important people and places from Anniston, Alabama. Anniston throughout the American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968). Along the trail, tourists will discover acts of courage and violence, as well as cooperation and resistance. The trail today includes 10 historic sites that are identified with gold and brown historical markers, as well as the QR code that, when read by your smartphone’s camera, will bring you to our brand new online Civil Rights Trail. Every digital location on our trail offers additional information on the people, places and the events that shaped Anniston’s Civil Rights history.

The city invites you to discover more about the history of the city, its battles, and victories by visiting the city today.

Anniston Civil Rights Trail Landing Page: www.annistonal.gov/civil-rights-trail

Digital Trail Markers


  1. Southern Railways Station

  2. Saint John United Methodist Church

  3. Trailways Bus Station

  4. Greyhound Bus Station

  5. Willie Brewster

  6. Human Relations Council

  7. Segregation of the Library

  8. Anniston Memorial Hospital

  9. West 15th Street Historic District

  10. Seventeenth Street Baptist Church

How did the Anniston Civil Rights Trail was Created:

Anniston Civil Rights and Heritage Trail Committee Anniston Civil Rights and Heritage Trail Committee started with the Anniston Civil Rights Trail project in the year 2010 after discussions with residents of the area revealed that a lot of people did not know about the events that took place within Anniston in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. In addition, many of the students weren’t aware of the history of the event or those who sacrificed their lives in order to change the world since local history isn’t currently included in the school’s curriculum. The committee members decided it was clear that the Anniston Civil Rights Trail project would be an excellent and interesting way to record the history of Anniston and present the current.

The people who contributed of Anniston Civil Rights Trail: Anniston Civil Rights Trail:

Anniston Civil Rights Trail Anniston Civil Rights Trail created by the city of Anniston and along with the Alabama Department of Tourism, the Alabama Historical Commission Black Heritage Council as well as Jacksonville State University.