A.G. Gaston Motel

A.G. Gaston Motel in 2010. Photos by Carol M. Highsmith.

The A.G. Gaston Motel is a historic building and former motel in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1963 during the Civil Rights movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference used a room in the hotel as their headquarters, which was later bombed by terrorists.

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