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The story of the unknown Freedom Fighter who started a Movement that changed the world.
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was raised in the crucible of segregated Birmingham but he was forged by its attempt to kill him. When the KKK planted a bomb underneath his bed and he emerged unharmed, he was sure he was saved by God to lead a Movement. His work not only ended legal segregation but lead directly to the Civil and Voting Rights Acts - and inspired freedom movements around the world.
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Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was raised in the crucible of segregated Birmingham but he was forged by its attempt to kill him. When the KKK planted a bomb underneath his bed and he emerged unharmed, he was sure he was saved by God to lead a Movement. His work not only ended legal segregation but lead directly to the Civil and Voting Rights Acts - and inspired freedom movements around the world.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Interviewee] Anywhere that he saw inequality, he confronted it.
(dramatic music) - [Activist] Some folks say Fred was crazy.
He had so much courage.
He could take beatings.
He never stopped.
- [Commentator] He truly risked his life to fight for change.
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