Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth: "I went to jail for a good thing, trying to make a difference."
"Birmingham--the world rather, lost a true pioneer. An indomitable spirit that paved many a path for us 'colored' folks. He was the fire, that the movement needed. Thank you Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth " for all that you contributed. --mj Photograph/graphics by Marika N. Johnson//original Shuttlesworth photo by S. Schapiro TROUBLE IN BIRMINGHAM (CLICK FOR FULL ARTICLE WRITTEN BY NPR) A 1961 CBS documentary called Shuttlesworth the "man most feared by Southern racists." It was Shuttlesworth who asked Attorney General Robert Kennedy to protect freedom riders, and the last thing Connor wanted was federal intervention. And trouble was coming. Shuttlesworth was laying the groundwork for something bigger. In 1963, he persuaded the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to bring the civil rights movement to Birmingham after a dispirited campaign in Albany, Ga. Shuttlesworth told Eyes on the Prize he thought Birmingham could make a difference."You k...
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