Fred Shuttlesworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fred Shuttlesworth

Civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1922

Place of Birth: Mount Meigs, Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 05-Oct-2011

Profession: politician, human rights activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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. 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.