Fred Shuttlesworth

more current time surrounded by IPhones. Steve Jobs and Fred Shuttlesworth are responsible for these changes that have created the world as we know it today. Although, both men were phenomenal at what they did, one will always be better. Fred Shuttlesworth fought for life changing outcomes. He was a blunt, driven, and confrontational man, and maybe the reason you are allowed to be where you are today. Steve Jobs and Fred Shuttlesworth were both hard working individuals, that made their dreams

Frederick Lee Shuttlesworth (Fred Shuttlesworth) was born on March 18th 1922 and he died on October 5th 201l , he was 89 years old . He was born in Mount Meigs Alabama . He had been poor health for about a year and was hospitalized with breathing problems.Birmingham's Princeton Baptist Medical Center was where Shuttlesworth died. Shuttlesworth was was the last of the civil rights movement's called the "Big Three”. He was a Baptist minister and one of the South's most prominent Civil Rights leaders

Luther King Jr. They will make him sound like a true leader, who had a clear vision and plan. They tend to not mention, and probably do not know that many leaders in the Civil Rights Movement were critical of King. In April of 1959 Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth wrote a leader to King expressing his frustrations with how slow the movement

talk with leaders of Birmingham's economic community. In the course of the negotiations, certain promises were made by the merchants --- for example, to remove the stores’ humiliating racial signs. On the basis of these promises, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the leaders of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights agreed to a moratorium on all demonstrations. As the weeks and months went by, we realized that we were the victims of a

Ethos, Pathos & Logos in “The Letter from Birmingham Jail” Some varieties of inspiration come as passionate love while others appeal as injustice as did Martin Luther King in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Martin Luther King Jr. effectively crafted his counter argument by first directly addressing his audience, the clergymen, and then using logos, pathos, and ethos to refute his opponent's statements and present his own perspective. After stating the general purpose of his letter, Martin

Nearly a century after the civil war ended, African Americans continued to encounter discrimination, racism, inequality, and segregation. Because of their skin color, they were labeled as second-class citizens. They decided to take actions into their own hands and fight against segregation and attain equal civil liberties. They have faced countless battles, setbacks and enormous resistance. Activists from all around the country, with all types of backgrounds joined in on the fight against racial

“If not us then who? If not now then when? Will someone else’s children have to risk their lives instead of us risking our own?” (John Lewis, a former Freedom Rider). The Freedom Riders were a group of more than 400 blacks and whites who endured great amounts of hate and violence, simply for riding together on buses and trains in the South. They impacted the civil rights movement by creating a large public outcry for their struggles, which eventually led to laws prohibiting segregated transportation

When picking up a graphic novel about civil rights you might not expect it to have as much content or value as books such as “Why We Can’t Wait” and “Bearing the Cross” by Martin Luther King Jr. Traditional literary texts are widely accepted, whereas graphic novels are often viewed as childish due to the comic-book style. However, illustrations in graphic novels enhance literary meaning by proving additional context, emotion, and characterization. John Lewis’s graphic novel “March Book Two”, more

How does one define greatness, is it on how much you express yourself? No! Says the billionaire, greatness, is determined by the amount of wealth you acquire in your life. No! Says the priest, it’s defined by how much you commit your life to god. No! Says your country, greatness is how much you give to your country. Becoming great is a thing that most desire, yet most don’t know what being great really means. We are born in the mentality that some people are great such as the president or comic book

and what makes a fundamentalist differentiate from a terrorist. For some people, categorizing Westboro Baptist Church as a fundamentalist group could be quite the stretch. Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, is a church that was founded by Fred Phelps in 1955. As previously mentioned, this group is known for their hate speeches and preaches against all form of sin such as homosexuality, adultery, divorced, and remarriage.4 These sins are listed in the bible and shouldn’t be committed but