He died on the same day as Steve Jobs and no one knew.
The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth refused to back down despite huge risks, enduring arrests, beatings and injuries from fire hoses aimed at blacks marching for racial equality in the segregated South of the early 1960s. He died this week at age 89, lauded for his fearlessness in that fight.
"He was beaten with chains, his church was bombed, and he lived under constant threat of physical violence."
"When others did not have the courage to stand up, speak up and speak out, he put all he had on the line to end segregation in Birmingham and the state of Alabama."
"He was the first black man who was totally unafraid of white folks."
1000s of people die everyday, all tragic, all heroes to someone. Maybe we should make them all threads?
I'm not being disrespectful but the title is a little contrived. Steve Jobs death will have more of a cultural impact due to how he spent his life, this man may have been a hero but many unspoken heroes come and go without anyone knowing. It is not rare.
I wish anyone who has lost anyone on that day or any other day recently all the best and I hope their loved ones died in peace but I will not cry over it nor will I make a big deal of it, I didn't know any of them and they had no impact on my life. Humans are selfish creatures, lets not pretend we aren't.
But what's the point in the title? Steve Jobs was in the public eye at the time of his death, of course he got more attention. Don't turn this mans death into a "society " exercise. Just make a thread commemorating his death on the day he died.
Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth
I had no idea. Wow this was really put in the background. He was a huge deal in the Civil Rights Movement, one of the big three. Rest in Peace