Shuttlesworth Home Bombed

Civil rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth's church and home in the Collegeville neighborhood of Birmingham were bombed on Dec. 25, 1956, after he announced he would lead black transit riders in a bus boycott in the city.

Police stand outside the bombed home of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth in Birmingham's Collegeville neighborhood, December 25, 1956
Courtesy of the Birmingham News, all rights reserved. Used with permission.
Police stand outside the bombed home of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth in Birmingham's Collegeville neighborhood, December 25, 1956