Fred shuttlesworth biography
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Shuttlesworth, Rev. Fred
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Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth (March 18, – October 5, ), Civil Rights Activist
By Catherine A. Paul
“White skin becomes more important than white and pure hearts. The love of Segregation has taken precedence over the Love of God; thus it becomes relatively easy for some white men to sing Amazing Grace on Sunday morning in the choirs, and march at night in robes to burn crosses” &#; Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth (Houck & Dixon, ).
Fred Shuttlesworth, born Fred Lee Robinson, was an African American Baptist pastor and pioneering civil rights activist. He worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph David Abernathy to establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the most important civil rights organization of the time. Shuttlesworth, King, and Abernathy were known as the “Big Three” of the Civil Rights Movement (Manis, ).
Shuttlesworth grew up in rural Alabama and studied at Selma U
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Fred Shuttlesworth
American civil rights activist (–)
Freddie Lee Shuttlesworth (born Freddie Lee Robinson, March 18, – October 5, ) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist who led fights against segregation and other forms of racism, during the civil rights movement. He often worked with Martin Luther King Jr., although they did not always agree on tactics and approaches.
In , along with Martin Luther King Jr., Shuttlesworth was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In , he took up a pastorate in Cincinnati, Ohio to work against racism, and on behalf of homeless people, but remained active in Birmingham. In , he initiated and was instrumental in the Birmingham Campaign.[1] He returned from Cincinnati to Birmingham after his retirement in
The Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport was named in his honor in , and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award is bestowed annually
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Reverend Frederick Lee "Freddie" Shuttlesworth was a major leader in the civil rights movement. Called "the most courageous civil rights fighter in the South" bygd Martin Luther King, Jr., Shuttlesworth paid for his activities bygd enduring beatings, a murder attempt, multiple arrests, and the bombing of his house.
Born in , Shuttlesworth graduated from Selma University in and Alabama State Teachers College, becoming pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama in Reverend Shuttlesworth established the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR), in , serving as president of the group until The ACMHR coordinated boycotts and sponsored federal lawsuits aimed at ending segregation in Birmingham and the state of Alabama.
He served as secretary of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) from to Joining forces with the Congress On Racial Equality (CORE), Shuttlesworth helped organize the Freedom Rides and in , began a campaign called Project "C" to kamp s