Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

(1922-2011)

Civil rights activist

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Frederick Lee "Fred" Shuttlesworth (born Fred Lee Robinson, March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011) was a U.S. civil rights activist who led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, initiated and was instrumental in the 1963 Birmingham Campaign, and continued to work against racism and for alleviation of the problems of the homeless in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he took up a pastorate in 1961. He returned to Birmingham after his retirement in 2007. He helped Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement.

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Born	Freddie Lee Robinson 18 March 1922 Mount Meigs, Alabama, USA
Died	5 October 2011 (aged 89) Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Zodiac	Pisces
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