Fred Shuttlesworth was a key player in the critical Birmingham campaign in 1963.

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
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5. Andrew Manis writes about
the fire and passion of
Fred Shuttlesworth
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8. Shuttlesworth built his
reputation as a fiery
preacher in Alabama
Sunday, February 3, 13

9. Shuttlesworth built his
reputation as a fiery
preacher in Alabama
Sunday, February 3, 13

10. Shuttlesworth built his
reputation as a fiery
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
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16. Shuttlesworth and his family
paid a tremendous price. His
home was bombed several
times - once on Christmas in
1956
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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
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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
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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.
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28. MLK and Shuttlesworth
had an uneven
relationship. Despite their
differences, there was
always mutual respect.
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30. The Civil Rights movement
was stalled. The recent
Albany campaign was not
a success.
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31. Project C
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32. Project C
1. Desegregation of downtown
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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.
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41. Shuttlesworth and King
needed more protestors.
They turned,
controversially, to children.
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43. Children were arrested by
the hundreds, and put into
jails or locked into
gymnasiums.
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45. Billy Graham called on
MLK to "put a brakes on
the campaign."
Shuttlesworth angrily
refused.
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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.
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49. Shuttlesworth managed
the troops at the ground
level. Manis calls him a
"Patton to MLK's
Eisenhower."
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51. The images continued to
horrify the nation.
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55. Shuttlesworth and the
SCLC kept up the
pressure with press
conferences.
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56. Shuttlesworth himself was
hit by water cannons,
breaking ribs and putting
him into the hospital.
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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.
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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.
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61. Tragedies in Birmingham
continued. The bombing of
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
was a few months later.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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73. Shuttlesworth is one of the
legends of the Civil Rights
movement.
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74. Senator Obama pushed an
ailing Shuttlesworth over
the Edmund Pettus bridge
in 2008.
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77. Shuttlesworth died the
same day as Steve Jobs.
Shuttlesworth's death was
perhaps underreported
that day.
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79. Andrew Manis describes the
concept of "fiery glad" - compared
to "fiery mad." This approach looks
disappointment, despair and death
in the face...and declares that
beyond all these, there is hope.
Fred Shuttlesworth was "fiery
glad".
Sunday, February 3, 13