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From Birmingham to Selma to Montgomery, eight historic landmarks trace the courage, sacrifice, and strategy that drove one of ...

The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was bombed, beaten and repeatedly arrested in the fight for civil rights and hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and tenacity, has died. He ...

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Civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth has died, according to reports. He was 89. In the 1950s, his activism resulted in beatings and... Civil rights leaders Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., left, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. • When a little-known black Baptist preacher named Martin Luther King took the helm of the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott in 1955, the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was already in Birmingham ...

Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth, one of the Civil Rights Movement's celebrated leaders, died this morning in his hometown of Birmingham. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, ...

This is an opinion column. Imagine. You’re charged with creating an entity paying homage to the civil rights movement — the movement that changed America — on the very grounds where its seeds were ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was bombed, beaten and repeatedly arrested in the fight for civil rights and hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and ...

Elspeth Reeve is the former politics editor for The Wire.