Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth (1922-2011) was a central figure in Alabama's civil rights movement. He founded the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in Birmingham in 1956, and along with Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph David Abernathy, orchestrated the Birmingham Campaign of 1963.

Portrait of Reverend Fred Lee Shuttlesworth, Birmingham civil rights leader
Courtesy of Birmingham Public Libraries
Portrait of Reverend Fred Lee Shuttlesworth, Birmingham civil rights leader