Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Known for Acting · 3 credits
- Born
- 1922-03-18
- Died
- 2011-10-05
- Place of birth
- Mount Meigs, Alabama, USA
- Also known as
- Freddie Lee Robinson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Freddie Lee Shuttlesworth (born Freddie Lee Robinson, March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011) was an American 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 worked with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, though the two men often disagreed on tactics and approaches.
The Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport was named in his honor in 2008.
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award is bestowed annually in his name.
Known For
Movies (3)
About Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Freddie Lee Shuttlesworth (born Freddie Lee Robinson, March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011) was an American 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… With 3 credits spanning from 1970 to 1997, Fred Lee Shuttlesworth has appeared in 3 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Fred Lee Shuttlesworth Movies
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) — as Self (archive footage)
- 4 Little Girls (1997) — as Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982) — as Self
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