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
surface form: Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Freedom Rides
surface form: Freedom Riders
associatedWithEvent Freedom Riders attack in Anniston
associatedWithLegalContext Boynton v. Virginia
surface form: Boynton v. Virginia (1960)
associatedWithMovement American civil rights movement
surface form: 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, Alabama
surface form: Anniston
coordinateLocation approximately 33.659°N 85.831°W
country United States of America
surface form: 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 laws
surface form: Jim Crow era
locatedIn Alabama
Anniston, Alabama
Calhoun County, Alabama NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: 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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Freedom Riders National Monument hasComponent Greyhound bus station site