- Collection:
- Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
- Title:
- Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
- Contributor to Resource:
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.) - Date of Original:
- 1950/1981
- Subject:
- African American clergy
African Americans--Violence against--Alabama
Intimidation--Birmingham--Alabama
Arson--Birmingham--Alabama
African American college students--Alabama--Birmingham
African American high school students--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham
Boycotts--Alabama--Birmingham
Mass meetings--Alabama--Birmingham
Sit-ins--Alabama--Birmingham
School integration--Massive resistance--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham
Schools--Alabama--Birmingham
Students--Alabama--Birmingham
Minorities--Education
Social justice--Alabama--Birmingham
Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relatins
African American soldiers
Equality
Payne University
Alabama State Teachers College
Phillips High School (Birmingham, Ala.)
Birmingham, Ala. Chamber of Commerce
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Congress of Racial Equality
Freedom Rides, 1961
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
Project C, Birmingham, Ala., 1963 - People:
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Dallas County, 32.32597, -87.10648
United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249 - Medium:
- instructional materials
teaching guides
resource units
interviews
transcripts - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- In this interview, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth recalls his involvement in the Civil Rights movement. Shuttlesworth was a leader of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and led civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, once considered one of the most segregated and racially violent cities in the South.
Major funding for this project is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute.
Grade range: 6-12.
Transcript of an interview.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://pbslearningmedia.org/resource/iml04.soc.ush.civil.shuttles/
- Rights Holder:
- The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is a collaborative production of WGBH Education Productions, the WGBH Media Library, and WGBH Interactive, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis.
- Extent:
- text/pdf
20.6 Kb - Contributing Institution:
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Rights:
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