Fred L. Shuttlesworth

        Fred L. Shuttlesworth was a civil rights leader who was born in Mugler, Alabama in 1922. He was the president of (ACMCTR) Alabama Christian Movement for human rights, and was the secretary for the (SCLC) Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Shuttlesworth attend Selma University & Alabama state Teacher College. After that he became pastor for several Baptist churches Shuttlesworth helped organized many civil right events, such as the Selma to Montgomery march in 1988, Shuttlesworth establish the Shuttlesworth housing foundation to help poor families become home owners in Cincinnati.

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