Hall of Fame Inductee
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
Alabama State University
About
Fred Shuttlesworth, an Alabama State alumnus, led the Birmingham civil-rights movement through the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. Bombs and beatings did not stop the campaigns that helped produce the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Accomplishments
Founder of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
A principal organizer of the 1963 Birmingham campaign.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2004.
Year of award
2004
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Lifetime Achievement.