BREAKING NEWS: Civil Rights Giant Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Has Died At 89

Source: Michael Martinez, / CNN

The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who helped lead the civil rights movement, has died, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said Wednesday. He was 89.

Shuttlesworth is among the iconic figures honored in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. King once called Shuttlesworth “the most courageous civil rights fighter in the South.”

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against segregated busing in Montgomery, Alabama, Shuttlesworth rallied the membership of a group he established in May 1956 — the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights — to challenge the practice of segregated busing in Birmingham.

Shuttlesworth also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, with King and other civil rights leaders.

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    I truly sorry about this.  

  • http://twitter.com/RevJVWhitehurst John V. Whitehurst

    My Condolences to this Family and I pray God’s Encouragement and Strength upon his wife and family. I met his wife and looked forward to meeting him though he was in a feeble condition. My home burnt up on August 25th and I told my wife that Rev. Shuttleworth’s and Family phone number was in my address book. Today I wish I had access to that number. He was certainly a foot soldier for Christ and the Civil Rights Movement. We should model ourselves accordingly.

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