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  1. Eyes on the Prize (1987) Freedom Riders (2010) Freddie Lee Shuttlesworth (born Freddie Lee Robinson, March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011) was an American minister and civil rights activist who led fights against segregation and other forms of racism, during the civil rights movement.

  2. Apr 3, 2014 · In 2007, Fred Shuttlesworth moved back to Birmingham, where died on October 5, 2011, at 89 years old. The minister at one point had thought he wouldn't live to see 40, dwelling in the Deep South...

  3. Oct 6, 2011 · The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, a blunt-talking preacher who braved beatings, bombings and fire-hosings to push Birmingham, Ala., to the forefront of the civil rights movement and advanced the...

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  4. Oct 5, 2011 · Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Iconic Civil Rights Leader from Birmingham, died Wednesday. Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth with Dr. Clayborne Carson and King Institute staff during a visit to Stanford University. Andrew Manis, author of the Shuttlesworth biography, A Fire You Can’t Put Out, has stated, “That Fred Shuttlesworth did not become a martyr ...

  5. Oct 1, 2024 · Fred Shuttlesworth (born March 18, 1922, Mount Meigs, Alabama, U.S.—died October 5, 2011, Birmingham, Alabama) was an American minister and civil rights activist who established, with Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Ella Baker, and others, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and who worked to end segregation in the ...

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  6. Oct 5, 2011 · 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...

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  8. Oct 6, 2011 · 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 ...