March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011
Fred Shuttlesworth may be less well-known than fellow civil rights activist Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks, but according to a documentary from 1961, he was "the man most feared by Southern racists." Shuttlesworth was known for a harsher, more confrontational manner than King as he participated in sit-ins at lunch counters and buses throughout Birmingham, Alabama and rode along with the Freedom Rides. Despite their differences, King referred to Shuttlesworth as "the most courageous civil rights fighter in the South."
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