Aliceville is a city in Pickens County, Alabama, United States, located thirty-six miles west of Tuscaloosa.

[5] Within two years of the completion of the short line, Aliceville had grown to what the Montgomery Advertiser called in 1905 "a town of considerable pretensions.

[8] In August 1907 a black man named Gibson was lynched in Aliceville, which caused civil disturbances in the community.

[9] Gibson's father was subsequently "ordered to leave the county on account of some impertient (sic) talk.

"[9] By March 1908, municipal officials had decreed that all streets should have ten-foot sidewalks built on both sides.

[10] This work, along with the paving of the streets, was largely completed by June 1910 and the city began considering the installation of water and electricity.

[15] During the civil rights movement, organizing in small communities such as Aliceville was often more dangerous for activists than it was in larger cities because of their isolation.

[16] As late as 1965, according to James Corder, a Primitive Baptist minister from Aliceville, Pickens County had not yet experienced any civil unrest related to the movement.

[16] In September 1969 black students held protests against the principal of an all-black school in Aliceville, prompting governor Albert Brewer to send National Guard troops into the city.

[17] Two of the city's all-black schools were closed on September 4 due to the demonstrations, and they reopened the next day under National Guard supervision.

[18] In 1982, Aliceville native Maggie Bozeman testified at Congressional hearings held in Montgomery, Alabama, concerning proposed amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

[20] This revelation outraged Republican congressman Henry Hyde, who had previously been unconvinced of the necessity of amending the law.

[22] The sentences were upheld on appeal, prompting the formation of an organization, the National Coalition to Free Julia Wilder and Maggie Bozeman and Save the Voting Rights Act, and a march through Aliceville from Carrollton, Alabama, to Montgomery to publicize their cause.

[23] In November 2013 three tanker cars carrying crude oil exploded when an Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway train derailed near Aliceville.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

[15] The museum opened in 1995 and, in addition to the POW material, houses a permanent exhibit on the Aliceville Coca-Cola bottling plant.