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Thousands of people gathered Monday in Birmingham to pay their final respects to the late Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a pioneer of the civil rights movement who was a central figure during the city’s racial struggles of the 1950’s and 1960’s. According to My Fox Alabama, during the service, Shuttlesworth was honored for his legacy and […]

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The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who helped lead the civil rights movement, has died in Birmingham, CNN reports. He was 89. Shuttlesworth is among the civil rights legends included in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. King once called Shuttlesworth “the most courageous civil […]