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Jun 18, 2024 · This Juneteenth, the life of unsung civil rights hero Fred Shuttlesworth should be a clarion call to the biblical activism we still need to advance racial justice in America.
6 days ago · Among those deeply inspired by the Montgomery Bus Boycott was a courageous minister who pastored Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama: Fred Shuttlesworth. Fiercely independent, strong in his Christian faith, and unwavering in his commitment to redeem the soul of the nation, Shuttlesworth emerged from his humble beginnings in Mount Mergs, Alabama, to become one of the movement’s most ...
5 days ago · The church was used as a meeting-place for civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and Fred Shuttlesworth, for organizing and educating marchers.
Jun 28, 2024 · Fred Shuttlesworth and N. H. Smith were ministers in Birmingham, Alabama active in the civil rights movement. Birmingham had the reputation of being one of the most segregated cities in America.
Jun 18, 2024 · This Juneteenth, the life of unsung civil rights hero Fred Shuttlesworth should be a clarion call to the biblical activism we still need to advance racial justice in America. In February, I preached one of the Black History Month sermons at Zion Baptist Church, a traditional Black church in Cincinnati.
Jun 30, 2024 · Amidst protest of white nationalists, local civil rights activist Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth gathered many cars of Black people to save the wounded Freedom Riders. The Black people arrived at the hospital openly armed, led by Colonel Stone Johnson, to shield the Freedom Riders from the crowd.
Jun 28, 2024 · It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Fred Lee Shuttlesworth Jr. of Cincinnati, Ohio, born in Mobile, Alabama, who passed away on June 15, 2024, at the age of 77, leaving to mourn family and friends.
