Black History: Special Delivery!!
On Christmas Day 1956, the home of civil rights activist, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was fire bombed by the KKK. Shuttlesworth sought to test the recent supreme court ruling to desegregate public transportation that resulted from the Montgomery Bus Boycott. His home was destroyed by the blast. The church also sustained damage. After the blast, he commented, “God made me dynamite proof. ”
Undeterred, he boarded public buses on December 26 and was arrested along with 20 other blacks. Shuttlesworth died at the age of 89 in 2011.
Source:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.biography.com/.amp/people/fred-shuttlesworth-21389361
Black Mail Blog 
December 25, 2017 at 7:45 pm
He lived to dance to James Brown… I feel good… UH!
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December 25, 2017 at 9:33 pm
Indeed!!
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December 26, 2017 at 12:08 am
Too bad he’s not around to take on the blow-hard in the White House. We could use him!
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December 25, 2017 at 11:42 pm
Was this prior to Rosa Parks, or was she truly the first to begin the move to desegregate buses? Great facts that must be told and taught!
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December 25, 2017 at 11:46 pm
This was after the Montgomery Bus Boycott where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. Shuttlesworth was “testing” the new supreme court ruling to see of the city of Birmingham would comply.
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December 25, 2017 at 11:44 pm
He lived to see many changes in this country. Do you know whether he had ever been interviewed and asked his thoughts on the progress made in the U.S. and/or globally?
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December 25, 2017 at 11:47 pm
Great question! I don’t know. Will have to do some research!
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