Greyhound bus station site

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The Greyhound bus station site is a historic location in Anniston, Alabama, where Freedom Riders were violently attacked in 1961, marking a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.

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instanceOf Civil Rights Movement site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedWith Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) ⓘ
Freedom Riders ⓘ
linked to: Freedom Rides
associatedWithEvent Freedom Riders attack in Anniston ⓘ
associatedWithLegalContext Boynton v. Virginia (1960) ⓘ
linked to: Boynton v. Virginia
associatedWithMovement American Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Greyhound Lines ⓘ
category Bus stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama ⓘ
Civil rights movement sites in Alabama ⓘ
Transportation buildings and structures in Calhoun County, Alabama ⓘ
city Anniston ⓘ
linked to: Anniston, Alabama
coordinateLocation approximately 33.659°N 85.831°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse historic commemorative site ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1961-05-14 ⓘ
hasCommemoration historical marker ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasSubject enforcement of federal desegregation rulings ⓘ
segregated bus facilities ⓘ
heritageDesignationAppliesTo Civil Rights Movement in Anniston, Alabama MPS ⓘ
historicalPeriod Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Anniston, Alabama ⓘ
Calhoun County, Alabama ⓘ
United States ⓘ
notableFor attack on Freedom Riders ⓘ
racially motivated violence ⓘ
role in desegregation of interstate bus travel ⓘ
NRHPListingYear 2016 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 16000086 ⓘ
NRHPType site ⓘ
originalFunction interstate bus terminal ⓘ
partOf Freedom Rides ⓘ
relatedTo Anniston Freedom Riders bus burning site ⓘ
Freedom Riders National Monument ⓘ
significance pivotal moment in national awareness of civil rights struggle ⓘ
symbol of resistance to segregation in interstate travel ⓘ
significantYear 1961 ⓘ
topicOf civil rights history tours in Anniston ⓘ
usedFor intercity bus transportation ⓘ

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