The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth preaches in April 4, 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, as blacks opened a drive to end segregation in the city. At the climax of his speech, waving his hand, he said: “When you’re squeezed on both sides, it’s hell.” (AP Photo) On December 25, 1956, unknown persons tried to kill Shuttlesworth by placing sixteen sticks of dynamite under his bedroom window. Shuttlesworth somehow escaped unhurt even though his house was heavily damaged. A police officer, who also belonged to the Ku Klux Klan, told Shuttlesworth as he came out of his home, “If I were you I’d get out of town as quick as I could”. Shuttlesworth told him to tell the Klan that he was not leaving and “I wasn’t saved to run.”
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The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth preaches in April 4, 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, as blacks opened a drive to end segregation in the city. At the climax of his speech, waving his hand, he said: “When you’re squeezed on both sides, it’s hell.” (AP Photo)

On December 25, 1956, unknown persons tried to kill Shuttlesworth by placing sixteen sticks of dynamite under his bedroom window. Shuttlesworth somehow escaped unhurt even though his house was heavily damaged. A police officer, who also belonged to the Ku Klux Klan, told Shuttlesworth as he came out of his home, “If I were you I’d get out of town as quick as I could”. Shuttlesworth told him to tell the Klan that he was not leaving and “I wasn’t saved to run.”

Source: The Huffington Post

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