Fred Shuttlesworth and the civil rights movement

Fred Shuttlesworth was with Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left at the front of the marchers, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., right, on April 12, 1963, as they led a march on Birmingham, Ala., City Hall, above. The last of the civil rights movement's "Big Three," with King and Abernathy, Shuttlesworth founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. Shuttlesworth died at 89. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-fred-shuttlesworth-20111006,0,752108.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a>
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Fred Shuttlesworth was with Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left at the front of the marchers, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., right, on April 12, 1963, as they led a march on Birmingham, Ala., City Hall, above. The last of the civil rights movement's "Big Three," with King and Abernathy, Shuttlesworth founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. Shuttlesworth died at 89. Full obituary

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