Neon sign turned on at historic Gaston Motel
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
The reconstructed neon sign at the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham s civil rights district was turned on Wednesday night, March 10, 2021. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led strategy sessions at the motel for civil rights demonstrations in 1963. (City of Birmingham/video still)
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Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin led the countdown Wednesday night as the neon sign was turned on at the historic A.G. Gaston Motel adjacent to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
It’s the motel where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stayed and led strategy sessions for civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham in the spring of 1963.
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