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24 mag 2024 · A major leader of the Civil Rights Movement who helped propel the plight of Birmingham's Black residents into a national spotlight has now been immortalized by his namesake.
28 mag 2024 · Shuttlesworth, who died in 2011, devoted himself to challenging segregation, establishing the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, as well as joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
24 mag 2024 · The 66-foot-wide, 13-foot-tall mural is located in Concourse B and depicts Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth—the civil rights icon who led the fight against segregation in Birmingham—surrounded by a vibrant array of colors.
1 giu 2024 · The local civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth organized several cars of black citizens to rescue the injured Freedom Riders in defiance of the white supremacists. The black people were under the leadership of Colonel Stone Johnson and were openly armed as they arrived at the hospital, protecting the Freedom Riders from the mob.
24 mag 2024 · BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Family members of civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Birmingham city leaders were in attendance at the mural unveiling ceremony at the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport Thursday.
3 giorni fa · The church was used as a meeting-place for civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and Fred Shuttlesworth, for organizing and educating marchers.
16 mag 2024 · Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and the fight for civil rights – look for it at Alabama’s Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in a lower level hallway near baggage claim.
