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Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. He was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, initiated and was instrumental in the 1963 Birmingham Campaign, and continued to work against racism and for alleviation of the problems of the homeless in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he took up a pastorate in 1961. He returned to Birmingham after his retirement in 2007. He worked with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, though the two men often disagreed on tactics and approaches. The Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport was named in his honor in 2008. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award is bestowed annually in his name.


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Born:
Mar 18, 1922 In Mount Meigs, Alabama, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
3
First Appeared:
In the movie King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970-03-24
Latest Project:
Movie 4 Little Girls 1997-07-09
Known For
Poster of 4 Little Girls
Poster of I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Poster of King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Filmography
Movie 4 Little Girls Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights 1997-07-09
Movie I Heard It Through the Grapevine Self 1982-03-03
Movie King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Self (archive footage) 1970-03-24