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Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth was a relentless person of the Civil Rights Movement, challenging segregation in the school system and the Jim Crow policies in public accommodations. Many things happened good and bad to him. One Christmas night, Shuttlesworth home had blown up due to the Ku Klux Klan dynamite of sixteen sticks. During this, he had landed in his basement, his bedroom blew apart, and one of his visitors, Deacon Charles Robinson was unharmed. After that day, he created and led a rally. Shuttlesworth had four children, Patricia, Ruby, Fred Jr., and Carolyn. In 1957, he decided to enroll his daughter in an all white school. Unfortunately, he was beaten by the police for doing this. Even though he was injured, he worked to secure Birmingham’s public accommodations and the desegregation of schooling.