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Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
On June 5, 1956, the Rev.
Fred Shuttlesworth
challenged segregation law in a sermon at
Birmingham
's Sardis Baptist Church. Four days earlier Alabama Attorney General
John Patterson
had banned most activities of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP).
Courtesy of the Birmingham News. All rights reserved. Used with permission.