Fred Shuttlesworth

Type: Person

Name: Fred Shuttlesworth

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Marian Wright Edelman: How Children Transformed America

“ Daddy,” the boy said, “I don't want to disobeyyou, but I have made my pledge. If you try to keep me home, I will sneak off.If you think I deserve to be punished for that, I'll just have to take thepunishment. For, you see, I'm not doing this only because ... [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Marian Wright Edelman, Bull Connor

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Mayor-Council election deserves annual recognition day (Your view)

, Birmingham voters chose to change the form of local government to the present Mayor-Council structure. A careful study of the history of this significant accomplishment will confirm the crucial cooperation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Reverend Fred ... [Published Birmingham News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Elections, David Vann, Fred Shuttlesworth, Bull Connor

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Hanes

King Shuttlesworth announced terms of Birmingham truce Boutwell Hanes denounced agreement

MAY 10, 1963 -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and Fred Shuttlesworth on this date announced the terms of an agreement to end Birmingham ... ... [Published Birmingham Star - May 11 2013]

Entities: Fred Shuttlesworth, Hanes, Birmingham

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Fifty years ago, Rev. Shuttlesworth was in thick of the Birmingham Campaign

Civil Rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Sr., of Birmingham and Cincinnati was awarded the International Freedom Conductor Award by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center earlier this year in a ceremony at the Freedom Center in Cincinnati. ... [Published Cincinnati Herald - May 09 2013]

Entities: Fred Shuttlesworth, Birmingham, Bull Connor, Civil Rights, Ralph Abernathy

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Alabama State University

ASU scores a 74 on Food Inspection Report

Alabama State University students are upset after learning that their cafeteria may have roaches. The Fred Shuttlesworth Dining Hall received a score of 74 in their most recent food inspection. Now, students say they are worried about eating in there ... [Published WAKA CBS 8 - May 09 2013]

Entities: Fred Shuttlesworth, Alabama State University, Derrick Moore, William Harris

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Rave Motion Pictures

The Boost: An amazing trapeze pit bull, a Gatsby game, and what to do in Birmingham

The Boost is a daily guide to news, living, and entertainment in Birmingham and in Alabama. Here's your boost for Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Enlarge Sarah A. McCarty | smccarty@al.com The Pooch Parade is always a big hit at the Gardendale Magnolia Festival, ... [Published al.com - May 07 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Boost, Rave Motion Pictures, Great Gatsby, Fred Shuttlesworth

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Birmingham’s civil rights crusade, 50 years later

, escalating racial tensions came to a violent head when black activists clashed with city authorities in Birmingham, Alabama.Bruce Davidson of Magnum Photos was among the photographers on the scene. The demonstrations produced some of the most iconic ... [Published CNN - May 03 2013]

Entities: Bruce Davidson, Birmingham, Civil Rights

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Motion Picture Association of America screens Teaching Tolerance film on 50th anniversary of children's marches | Southern Poverty Law Center

Fifty years after young people braved fire hoses and police dogs to end segregation in Birmingham, Ala., their courageous acts were commemorated in the nations capital last night as congressional staffers, SPLC members, civil rights advocates and journalists ... [Published Newsvine - May 03 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Motion Picture Association of America, Civil Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Students re-enact 1963 march against segregation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --Fifty years ago, Birmingham leaders used fire hoses, police dogs and jailings to stop waves of children who marched out of a church and on to downtown streets seeking equal rights for blacks.Thursday, more than 1,000 students recreated ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 02 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Birmingham campaign, Baptist Church

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Children show the way in 1963, and they show the way today (Joey Kennedy)

March on. Sing. Be brave.Thank the children. The children won the day (the year, the millenium?) in 1963 when demonstrations in downtown Birmingham changed the world forever.The Revs. Martin Luther King Jr. and Fred Shuttlesworth, along with many others, ... [Published Birmingham News - May 01 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Fred Shuttlesworth, Bull Connor

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Today in labor history: King writes famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

tags: African Americans, civil rights, workers rights, non-violence, racism, Alabama, tactics.On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., imprisoned in Alabama for protesting segregation, wrote his powerful and eloquent "Letter from Birmingham ... [Published People's World - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Civil Rights, Fred Shuttlesworth, Direct action

First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 01 2013 - 1 reports

EXCLUSIVE: Tracing the life of a civil rightsicon

AVONDALE ? Fred Shuttlesworth didnt make black history. The late civil rights icon was black history.Shuttlesworth led the battle of Birmingham, Ala., then the nations strongest bastion of segregation. The victories there in 1963 opened the door for the ... [Published Cincinnati Enquirer - Feb 01 2013]

Entities: Fred Shuttlesworth, Birmingham, Baptist Church, Civil Rights

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ASU scores a 74 on Food Inspection Report [Published WAKA CBS 8 - May 09 2013]
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Birmingham’s civil rights crusade, 50 years later [Published CNN - May 03 2013]
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Motion Picture Association of America screens T... [Published Southern Poverty Law Center - May 03 2013]
Students re-enact 1963 march against segregation [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 02 2013]
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Dorothy Cotton, aide to the Rev. Martin Luther ... [Published al.com - Apr 15 2013]
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