#fredshuttlesworth

[intellectures]

James Baldwin und das Amerika nach der Bürgerrechtsbewegung

1980 blickt der Schriftsteller James Baldwin auf die Bürgerrechtsbewegung zurück und fragt sich, was aus den Vereinigten Staaten geworden ist. Dick Fontaines restaurierter Dokumentarfilm »I heard it through the Grapewine« ist Zeitgeschichte und ein Dokument der Schwarzen Emanzipation. Read the full article

[rememberebonyjanice]

A statement from #AngelaDavis: “On Saturday January 5, I was stunned to learn that the #Birmingham #CivilRightsInstitute Board of Directors had reversed their previous decision to award me the #FredShuttlesworth #HumanRights Award. Although the #BCRI refused my requests to reveal the substantive reasons for this action, I later learned that my long-term support of justice for #Palestine was at issue. This seemed particularly unfortunate, given that my own #freedom was secured – and indeed my life was saved – by a vast international movement.And I have devoted much of my own #activism to international #solidarity and, specifically, to linking struggles in other parts of the world to U.S. grassroots campaigns against police violence, the #prisonindustrialcomplex, and racism more broadly. The rescinding of this invitation was thus not primarily an attack against me but rather against the spirit of the indivisibility of #justice. I support Palestinian #politicalprisoners just as I support current political prisoners in the Basque Country, in Catalunya, in India, and in other parts of the world. I have indeed expressed opposition to policies and practices of the state of Israel, as I express similar opposition to U.S. support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine and to other discriminatory U.S. policies. Through my experiences at Elizabeth Irwin High School in New York City and at Brandeis University in the late fifties and early sixties, and my subsequent time in graduate school in Frankfurt, Germany, I learned to be as passionate about opposition to antisemitism as to racism. It was during this period that I was also introduced to the Palestinian cause. I am proud to have worked closely with Jewish organizations and individuals on issues of concern to all of our communities throughout my life. In many ways, this work has been integral to my growing consciousness regarding the importance of protesting the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The trip to Birmingham, where I was born and raised, to receive the Fred Shuttlesworth Award, was certain to be the highlight of my year—especially since I knew Rev. Shuttlesworth personally (continued in comments) (at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYlVkTFe6b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lf8ou6hco202

[dscola]

September 9, 1957: As Fred Shuttlesworth and his wife Ruby attempted to enroll their children in a previously all-white public school in Birmingham, Alabama, a mob of Klansmen attacked them, with the police nowhere to be seen. The mob beat Shuttlesworth with chains and brass knuckles in the street while someone stabbed his wife. Shuttlesworth drove himself and his wife to the hospital where he told his kids to always forgive. His assailants included Bobby Frank Cherry, who 6 years later was involved in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. Frederick Lee "Freddie" Shuttlesworth, was a civil rights activist who led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, initiated and was instrumental in the 1963 Birmingham Campaign, and continued to work against racism and for alleviation of the problems of the homeless in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he took up a pastorate in 1961. He also helped Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport was named in his honor in 2008. #fredshuttlesworth #rubyshuttlesworth #greatblackmen #greatblackwomen #blacklivesmatter #blackrevolutionaries #blackhidstory #thingstheydontteachyou #civilrightsmovement #birmingham #hiddenhistory #makebeingblackinamericalegal

[kayprism]

#fredshuttlesworth major visionary in #birmingham #civilrights fight. They are naming #airport after him. Across the street from #16thstreetbaptistchurch is #civilrights #museum that was unfortunately closed when I was there. I know @dorothyknows was there with me in spirit since she can no longer travel. (at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute)

[omegacarterg-blog]

Two images we used for the 6-9 & 10-12 yr olds history classes in the Omega Dr. Carter G. Woodson Academy yesterday. IMAGE 1--Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth in front of his home after it was bombed Christmas Day 1956, 5 days after he said he'd be working to desegregate buses in Bombingham. We used this photo to discuss his leadership of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and their work to establish citizen rights for African Americans in Bombingham, AL;

IMAGE 2-Robert Chambliss "Dynamite Bob" being taken into custody in 1963 for the  16th Street Church bombing. He was eventually convicted of the murder of Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson & Denise McNair and, according to an FBI informant, was the bomber of Shuttlesworth's home on 12.25.56. We used this photo to discuss ongoing and terroristic response of White Bombingham to when African Americans tried to establish their civil rights. Shuttlesworth dies of old age in 2011 and Chambliss dies in 1985, while still serving multiple life sentences. Source: Carry Me Home by Diane McWhorter