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Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was Birmingham's leading civil rights activist at the time of the Freedom Rides. A co-founder of the SCLC, he welcomed the Freedom Riders who showed up on his doorstep on May 1...

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Freedom Riders Arriving in Alabama

Freedom Riders arriving at Birmingham, AL bus station in 1961. Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth escorts Catherine Burks-Brooks, John Lewis, and other Freedom Riders.
Freedom Riders in Birmingham

Freedom Riders pose in front of a Greyhound bus in Birmingham, AL while waiting to depart for New Orleans. Included are (top, left to right) Charles Person, James Peck, Ben Cox and (front, left to right) Ed Blankenheim and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth.