Bobby Frank Cherry
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Bobby Frank Cherry was an American white supremacist, terrorist, and Klansman who was convicted of murder in 2002 for his role in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963. The bombing killed fou
Kilby Correctional Facility, where Cherry was held for intake and where he died
Fred Shuttlesworth
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Freddie Lee Shuttlesworth was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist who led fights against segregation and other forms of racism, during the civil rights movement. He often worked wit
Bobby Frank Cherry
…County, Texas, with fifth wife, Myrtle. During his trial, the prosecution presented evidence that Cherry, a white man, had assaulted black minister Fred Shuttlesworth in 1957 using a set of brass knuckles. The minister had been working to integrate a school in Birmingham, Alabama. The prosecution also discussed an…
Shuttlesworth in 2002
Shuttlesworth pastored Bethel Baptist Church from 1953 to 1961. The church was the headquarters of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR), which Shuttlesworth founded in 1956. It was bombed three times, the first time being on December 25, 1956.
From left to right: Shuttlesworth, King, and Albernathy at a press conference in May 1963
Statue of Shuttlesworth in front of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute by sculptor John Walter Rhoden.