Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Courageous Civil Rights Fighter, Dies at 89

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/10/06-1

The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, 89, one of the bravest and most dynamic leaders of the civil rights movement, who survived bombings, beatings and dozens of arrests in his efforts to end segregation in Birmingham, Ala., and throughout the South, died Oct. 5 at a Birmingham hospital.



His daughter Carolyn Shuttlesworth said the cause of death was not known. Rev. Shuttlesworth had been in poor health since having a stroke four years ago.

Rev. Shuttlesworth, a Baptist minister and co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, helped establish nonviolent resistance as a central tenet of the civil rights movement, often at great personal risk.

In the early 1960s, he and other protesters were attacked with truncheons, fire hoses and dogs unleashed by Birmingham’s public safety commissioner, Eugene “Bull” Connor. When the images of violence were shown on television and newspaper front pages, the horrors of segregation could no longer be ignored by the rest of the nation.

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[bigwillq]

1. K and R (nt)

[ThatsMyBarack]

2. So very sad....

To lose a saint like this....

[BeyondGeography]

3. What a life...RIP, good sir

:patriot:

[hfojvt]

4. kick

yeah, I never saw this one

could use more biographical info

http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1281&category=Civicmakers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Shuttlesworth

[City Lights]

5. K&R. eom

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. Multiple prior threads

[Avalux]

7. Rest in Peace Reverend Shuttlesworth.

You endured great hardship and suffering to make this country a better place. We owe you our gratitude.

[RegieRocker]

8. My heart goes out to his friends and family

[JNelson6563]

9. Rest in peace brave soul.

[TBF]

10. Steve Jobs is someone today's young people are familiar with,

so folks noticed when he died. But this man was truly a hero - thank you for putting this up.

[spanone]

11. k&r...

[RT Atlanta]

12. A "Drum Major for Justice"

Godspeed Rev. Shuttlesworth

[Starry Messenger]

13. k&r