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Freddie Lee Shuttlesworth (born Freddie Lee Robinson, March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011) was an American civil rights activist who led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama.
Apr 3, 2014 · Fred Shuttlesworth was a Baptist minister and one of the South's most prominent Civil Rights leaders. He worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., co-founding the SCLC and organizing...
Mar 14, 2024 · Fred Shuttlesworth (born March 18, 1922, Mount Meigs, Alabama, U.S.—died October 5, 2011, Birmingham, Alabama) American minister and civil rights activist who established, with Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and who worked to end segregation in the South.
Mar 25, 2006 · One of the most relentless figures of the Civil Rights Movement, the Reverend Fred Lee Shuttlesworth was born on March 18, 1922, in Montgomery County, Alabama. His biological father was Vetta Greene.
Bob Fitch photography archive, © Stanford University Libraries. One of the founding members of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Fred Shuttlesworth brought a militant voice to the struggle for black equality.
Oct 5, 2011 · Quick Facts. Reverend Frederick Lee "Freddie" Shuttlesworth was a major leader in the civil rights movement. Called "the most courageous civil rights fighter in the South" by Martin Luther King, Jr., Shuttlesworth paid for his activities by enduring beatings, a murder attempt, multiple arrests, and the bombing of his house.
Oct 5, 2011 · The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a pioneer of the civil rights movement, died Wednesday in Birmingham, Ala. Shuttlesworth led Birmingham's battle against segregation — a battle that focused the...
