As the birthplace of the Civil Rights, it is a foundation of a rich cultural heritage. Alabama State Capitol, One Dexter Avenue. Founded in 1867 in Marion, the university relocated to its present site in 1887. The campus is home to numerous historical buildings and the Dr. E. D. Nixon Collection. Designed by sculptor Maya Lin, the memorial honors those who died during the Civil Rights Movement.
Visitors can touch the memorial and see themselves in the water.
This modest one-story frame home was the birthplace and early childhood home of music great Nat King Cole. Court Square, One Court Square. This natural artesian basin, topped by a statue of Hebe, was the site of slave, cotton and land auctions. It was also where Rosa Parks' historic bus ride began in 1955. While serving his first pastoral assignment, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began his Civil Rights leadership here.