In Memoriam

In Memoriam : Civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who helped lead the civil rights movement, has died, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said Wednesday.

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13 years ago

October 5, 2011

Unheard Voices Staff

Civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth dead

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The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who helped lead the civil rights movement, has died, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said Wednesday.

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Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth dies

Shuttlesworth is among the iconic figures honored in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. King once called Shuttlesworth “the most courageous civil rights fighter in the South.”

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When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against segregated busing in Montgomery, Alabama, Shuttlesworth rallied a group he established in May 1956 — the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights — and they challenged the practice of segregated busing in Birmingham.

Shuttlesworth also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, with King and other civil rights leaders.

No cause of death was released.

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