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01-01852. GNIS feature ID. 0159066. Website. www .annistonal .gov. Anniston is the county seat of Calhoun County in Alabama, United States, and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 23,106. [2]
WDNG News was in operation as far back as 1959 under former station owner Tom Potts, Sr. It was the only Anniston radio station to offer same-day coverage of the May 14, 1961 Freedom Riders bus burning, which is considered one of the landmark events of the civil rights era. Two station employees were at the scene of the bus burning, taking notes.
Freedom Riders National Monument. / 33.63500°N 85.90833°W / 33.63500; -85.90833. The Freedom Riders National Monument is a United States National Monument in Anniston, Alabama established by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to preserve and commemorate the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement.
Jun. 29—For nearly an hour, a crowd of about 60 Anniston residents sat quietly as consultants from the Walker Collaborative gave them an overview of Anniston's history, geography and Census numbers.
Apr. 7—People will be required to wear face coverings in Anniston city buildings even after the statewide mask order expires Friday, a policy approved by the Anniston City Council in a 5-0 vote ...
May 28—Councilwoman Millie Harris doesn't know exactly how the Anniston City Council will spend the roughly $13 million it's set to get from the American Rescue Act, but she knows the trees in ...
The Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks, which occurred on May 14, 1961, in Anniston and Birmingham, both Alabama, were acts of mob violence targeted against civil rights activists protesting against racial segregation in the Southern United States. They were carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the National States' Rights Party in ...
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