A.G. Gaston Motel, Birmingham, Alabama
People who worked for civil rights used this hotel as a command center before the March on Washington. Martin Luther King Jr and others used it as a base. Because the hotel was built by the grandson of a servant and was one of the few places in Birmingham where black customers could stay overnight, it’s the right place. Celebrities like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie have all lived here at some point in their lives. Even though the city continuously maintains the building, it is crumbling and defaced, with no real repair plans in place.
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