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Fred Shuttlesworth, 1922-2011
Stopped before entering a whites-only waiting room in 1957 Birmingham, Alabama, the day after an Alabama Public Service Commission ruling that restrooms must remain segregated.  He was greeted by photographers and a racist white mob of 100+.

Fred Shuttlesworth, 1922-2011

Stopped before entering a whites-only waiting room in 1957 Birmingham, Alabama, the day after an Alabama Public Service Commission ruling that restrooms must remain segregated.  He was greeted by photographers and a racist white mob of 100+.

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