fred shuttlesworth
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Fred ShuttlesworthFool for Christ
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At a January event at the Carter Center - Andrew
Young said Shuttlesworth was a Fool for Christ
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Andrew Manis writes about the fire and passion of
Fred Shuttlesworth
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Shuttlesworth built his reputation as a fiery preacher in Alabama
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Shuttlesworth built his reputation as a fiery preacher in Alabama
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Shuttlesworth built his reputation as a fiery preacher in Alabama
He also got involved with the Freedom Riders and
other Civil Rights activities
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The NAACP was banned in Alabama. Shuttlesworth
started his own organization, the Alabama
Christian Movement for Human Rights
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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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Shuttlesworth and his family paid a tremendous price. His home was bombed several
times - once on Christmas in 1956
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Shuttlesworth and his family paid a tremendous price. His home was bombed several
times - once on Christmas in 1956
Shuttlesworth emerged unscathed....convincing
him and his congregation that he was on a mission
ordained by God
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Birmingham was called the most segregated city in
America in 1963
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Jim Crow was alive and well
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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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MLK and Shuttlesworth had an uneven
relationship. Despite their differences, there was always mutual respect.
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The Civil Rights movement was stalled. The recent
Albany campaign was not a success.
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Project C
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Project C
1. Desegregation of downtown
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Project C
1. Desegregation of downtown2. Adoption of fair hiring practices
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Project C
1. Desegregation of downtown2. Adoption of fair hiring practices3. All charges from previous protests will be
dismissed
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Project C
1. Desegregation of downtown2. Adoption of fair hiring practices3. All charges from previous protests will be
dismissed4. Equal employment opportunity in city
government
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Project C
1. Desegregation of downtown2. Adoption of fair hiring practices3. All charges from previous protests will be
dismissed4. Equal employment opportunity in city
government5. Reopen on a desegregated all closed
recreational facilities
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Project C
1. Desegregation of downtown2. Adoption of fair hiring practices3. All charges from previous protests will be
dismissed4. Equal employment opportunity in city
government5. Reopen on a desegregated all closed
recreational facilities6. Establishment of a bi-racial committee to pursue
further desegregation.
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Project C
1. Desegregation of downtown2. Adoption of fair hiring practices3. All charges from previous protests will be
dismissed4. Equal employment opportunity in city
government5. Reopen on a desegregated all closed
recreational facilities6. Establishment of a bi-racial committee to pursue
further desegregation.
Project C- for Confrontation - was instituted by King, the SCLC and the ACMHR to change
Birmingham.
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The initial demonstrators were adult churchgoers.
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Shuttlesworth and King needed more protestors.
They turned, controversially, to children.
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Children were arrested by the hundreds, and put into
jails or locked into gymnasiums.
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Billy Graham called on MLK to "put a brakes on
the campaign."
Shuttlesworth angrily refused.
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Bull Connor was desperate. He put attack dogs on the
demonstrators.
Images like this one were seen across the globe.
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Shuttlesworth managed the troops at the ground level. Manis calls him a
"Patton to MLK's Eisenhower."
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The images continued to horrify the nation.
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Shuttlesworth and the SCLC kept up the
pressure with press conferences.
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Shuttlesworth himself was hit by water cannons,
breaking ribs and putting him into the hospital.
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With Shuttlesworth in the hospital, the SCLC called
off the demonstrations. The results were not
immediately seen as a success.
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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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Tragedies in Birmingham continued. The bombing of
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was a few months later.
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But Birmingham was a turning point. If the city
didn't immediately change, the country would never
be the same.
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"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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"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."
President Kennedy cited Birmingham as a key accelerator to what
became the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Birmingham came to recognize Shuttlesworth,
with statues and even naming the airport in his
honor.
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Shuttlesworth is one of the legends of the Civil Rights
movement.
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Senator Obama pushed an ailing Shuttlesworth over
the Edmund Pettus bridge in 2008.
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Shuttlesworth died the same day as Steve Jobs.
Shuttlesworth's death was perhaps underreported
that day.
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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".
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