Leaning Tower of PisaEssay Preview: Leaning Tower of PisaReport this essaySoul and Heart of the Birmingham movement passed Wednesday October 5, 2011, at the age of 89-Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. Shuttlesworth was known by many, loved by many, and remembered as one of the historic and heroic individual who lived a heroic and tragic life. Dedicated his life to strengthen the cause for justice for all Americans.
Shuttlesworth was born on March 18, 1922 in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the son of Biological father Vetta Green and mother Alberta Robinson Shuuttlesworth. Raised by mother and step-father William Nathan Shuttlesworth-farmer in Oxmore, Alabama-in Oxmore, Alabama. Shuttlesworth attended Oxmore Elementary School and soon went on to Wenonah High School, but ended up graduating from Rosedale High School in 1940. Following year 1940, Shuttlesworth married Ruby Keeler who was a nurse and later moved to Mobil, Alabama in 1943 where he became a truck driver and studied auto mechanics and Attended Cedar Grove Academy(local bible college) that same year.
Struggles of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth soon begins. Prichard, Alabama, 1945, Fred gave a biblical lesson at Selma University and four years later he became the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama and decided to pursue A.B. degree there including Alabama State College where he graduated in the years 1951-1952. Year of 1953, Shuttlesworth became the pastor of Bethel Baptist Church. May, 1956, Shuttlesworth established Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and the Civil Rights activities made him the target of the Ku Klux Klan so on Christmas day that very same year his home was bombed, but Shuttlesworth managed to escape unhurt so he started a rally the very next day. Not only did that all happen in one year, He was also beaten by a white mob with whips and chains because Shuttlesworth attempted to enroll his daughter into an all white School. 1957, Shuttlesworth joined Martin Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy and Bayard Rustin to reform Southern Christian Leadership conference. Martin Luther king describes Shuttlesworth as the most courageous Civil Rights fighter in the South.
Good and Hard times still go on of the life of reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. Years 1960-1961, he participated in the sit-on protests against segregated lunch counters and helped Congress on racial equality organize Freedom Rides. May, 1963, Led mass demonstrations against segregation in Birmingham-battle that focused national spotlights on violent resistance to equal rights in South and force change-which caused him to be hospitalized from being slammed against walls by water from fire hoses. Shuttlesworth had the determination to never give up and to never give in. Historian Huntley of Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said that Shuttlesworth personally challenged just about every segregated institution in the city from schools to parks to buses and even waiting rooms. Shuttlesworth became Pator of the Great New Light Baptist Church in Cincinnati,
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When I was a child, I wanted a little something to remember. If it made anybody feel good that they had done this kind of a thing, it was OK. I wanted to be able to see my mother and father. I wanted to know that they didn’t have to make decisions about who they were when they got here. As my mother grew older, having a conversation with an old friend in middle school, I wanted to do that. I started seeing things that, for many children, didn’t seem to make them feel good about themselves. I’m thinking now that the same might be true for the future. I want to be able to look back and not look back and, while I don’t want to turn into a saint, I know I’m there, so I can see what it’s like for the future and how we can make things better. I’m also thinking that maybe, just maybe, the most important thing is to feel the same sort of sense of love it can make you. That you have to be able to be somebody better, you have to feel that you’re someone worth knowing. I think that’s something that we all have. I think that if people make a difference, they should realize, and be willing to listen on that level and make the change that they need to do it. Maybe it’s because of someone’s sacrifice, but it does have an impact so I think part of what makes us human is a willingness to take risks, to feel that we’re worthy of having the chance to make some difference and make somebody better. If someone has done the right thing and it feels good to you, it’s an important thing to do. I think that all people should do that. —
When I was a child, I wanted a little something to remember. If it made anybody feel good that they had done this kind of a thing, it was OK. I wanted to be able to see my mother and father. I wanted to know that they didn’t have to make decisions about who they were when they got here. As my mother grew older, having a conversation with an old friend in middle school, I wanted to do that. I started seeing things that, for many children, didn’t seem to make them feel good about themselves. I started seeing things that, for many children, didn’t seem to make them feel good about themselves. I mean, I think there are a lot of children who feel that way too. I think they were taught differently. As an immigrant, though, I wanted to be in the place where I could see my family again. I wanted to be able to listen to what I thought, to speak to what I was being told, who I was taught to love and to have the opportunity to work and be proud of, what could have been. So I had two very important things for them when I was young that I still see today; I would like to be able to see my mother and father even now and to remember them. And that would be to have my voice heard. It’d be to be able to give back, to be proud of, have a voice that would allow children of color to be heard in our communities now. It’d be to be able to get as close to that school as possible, and be able to show them I could do that while being respectful,