Fred Shuttlesworth - Leading Birmingham

Fred Shuttlesworth - Leading Birmingham

Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth was one of the South's most prominent Civil Rights leaders. He worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., co-founded the SCLC and refused to waver even after he was brutally attacked.

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