Fred Shuttlesworth
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The document discusses Fred Shuttlesworth, a civil rights leader and preacher known as a "Fool for Christ" for his fiery advocacy of desegregation. It describes how he founded the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and helped lead protests in Birmingham, facing repeated bombings of his home but continuing the campaign. The Birmingham protests in 1963 accelerated the civil rights movement and passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, though Shuttlesworth argued they ended prematurely. The document highlights Shuttlesworth's pivotal but sometimes underrecognized role in the movement.
Fred Shuttlesworth
- 1. Fred Shuttlesworth Fool for Christ Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 3. At a January event at the Carter Center - Andrew Young said Shuttlesworth was a Fool for Christ Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 5. Andrew Manis writes about the 鍖re and passion of Fred Shuttlesworth Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 8. Shuttlesworth built his reputation as a 鍖ery preacher in Alabama Sunday, February 3, 13
- 9. Shuttlesworth built his reputation as a 鍖ery preacher in Alabama Sunday, February 3, 13
- 10. Shuttlesworth built his reputation as a 鍖ery preacher in Alabama He also got involved with the Freedom Riders and other Civil Rights activities Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 12. The NAACP was banned in Alabama. Shuttlesworth started his own organization, the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Sunday, February 3, 13
- 13. The NAACP was banned in Alabama. Shuttlesworth started his own organization, the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights The ACMHR started boycotts, like those that were successful in Montgomery in 1956 Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 16. Shuttlesworth and his family paid a tremendous price. His home was bombed several times - once on Christmas in 1956 Sunday, February 3, 13
- 17. Shuttlesworth emerged unscathed....convincing him and his congregation that he was on a mission ordained by God Shuttlesworth and his family paid a tremendous price. His home was bombed several times - once on Christmas in 1956 Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 23. Birmingham was called the most segregated city in America in 1963 Sunday, February 3, 13
- 24. Jim Crow was alive and well Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 26. Bull Connor - police commissioner in Birmingham - was a lame duck, accountable to no one. He was willing to do whatever it took to hold onto segregation. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 28. MLK and Shuttlesworth had an uneven relationship. Despite their differences, there was always mutual respect. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 30. The Civil Rights movement was stalled. The recent Albany campaign was not a success. Sunday, February 3, 13
- 31. Project C Sunday, February 3, 13
- 32. Project C 1. Desegregation of downtown Sunday, February 3, 13
- 33. Project C 1. Desegregation of downtown 2. Adoption of fair hiring practices Sunday, February 3, 13
- 34. Project C 1. Desegregation of downtown 2. Adoption of fair hiring practices 3. All charges from previous protests will be dismissed Sunday, February 3, 13
- 35. Project C 1. Desegregation of downtown 2. Adoption of fair hiring practices 3. All charges from previous protests will be dismissed 4. Equal employment opportunity in city government Sunday, February 3, 13
- 36. Project C 1. Desegregation of downtown 2. Adoption of fair hiring practices 3. All charges from previous protests will be dismissed 4. Equal employment opportunity in city government 5. Reopen on a desegregated all closed recreational facilities Sunday, February 3, 13
- 37. Project C 1. Desegregation of downtown 2. Adoption of fair hiring practices 3. All charges from previous protests will be dismissed 4. Equal employment opportunity in city government 5. Reopen on a desegregated all closed recreational facilities 6. Establishment of a bi-racial committee to pursue further desegregation. Sunday, February 3, 13
- 38. Project C 1. Desegregation of downtown 2. Adoption of fair hiring practices 3. All charges from previous protests will be Project C- for dismissed Confrontation - was 4. Equal employment opportunity in city instituted by King, the SCLC and the government ACMHR to change 5. Reopen on a desegregated all closed Birmingham. recreational facilities 6. Establishment of a bi-racial committee to pursue further desegregation. Sunday, February 3, 13
- 39. The initial demonstrators were adult churchgoers. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 41. Shuttlesworth and King needed more protestors. They turned, controversially, to children. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 43. Children were arrested by the hundreds, and put into jails or locked into gymnasiums. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 45. Billy Graham called on MLK to "put a brakes on the campaign." Shuttlesworth angrily refused. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 47. Bull Connor was desperate. He put attack dogs on the demonstrators. Images like this one were seen across the globe. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 49. Shuttlesworth managed the troops at the ground level. Manis calls him a "Patton to MLK's Eisenhower." Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 51. The images continued to horrify the nation. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 55. Shuttlesworth and the SCLC kept up the pressure with press conferences. Sunday, February 3, 13
- 56. Shuttlesworth himself was hit by water cannons, breaking ribs and putting him into the hospital. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 58. With Shuttlesworth in the hospital, the SCLC called off the demonstrations. The results were not immediately seen as a success. Sunday, February 3, 13
- 59. With Shuttlesworth in the hospital, the SCLC called off the demonstrations. The results were not immediately seen as a success. Shuttlesworth was furious...convinced the demonstrations ended too soon. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 61. Tragedies in Birmingham continued. The bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was a few months later. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 69. But Birmingham was a turning point. If the city didn't immediately change, the country would never be the same. Sunday, February 3, 13
- 70. "The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have so increased the cries for equality that no city or State or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them." Sunday, February 3, 13
- 71. President Kennedy cited Birmingham as a key accelerator to what became the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have so increased the cries for equality that no city or State or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them." Sunday, February 3, 13
- 72. Birmingham came to recognize Shuttlesworth, with statues and even naming the airport in his honor. Sunday, February 3, 13
- 73. Shuttlesworth is one of the legends of the Civil Rights movement. Sunday, February 3, 13
- 74. Senator Obama pushed an ailing Shuttlesworth over the Edmund Pettus bridge in 2008. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 77. Shuttlesworth died the same day as Steve Jobs. Shuttlesworth's death was perhaps underreported that day. Sunday, February 3, 13
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- 79. Andrew Manis describes the concept of "鍖ery glad" - compared to "鍖ery mad." This approach looks disappointment, despair and death in the face...and declares that beyond all these, there is hope. Fred Shuttlesworth was "鍖ery glad". Sunday, February 3, 13