She received an honorary degree from Fisk University in 2009. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was Birmingham's leading civil rights activist at the time of the Freedom Rides. A co-founder of the SCLC ...
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Voices of Change: How the Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir amplified the Civil Rights MovementIn the late '50s, civil rights leader the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth felt the Birmingham campaign needed a boost. So, he added music to the movement. The choir he created then still lifts their ...
beat Birmingham civil rights activist Fred Shuttlesworth and stabbed his wife, and, in what was billed as a warning to potential black ‘trouble-makers,’ castrated a randomly-chosen ...
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