[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14833]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       RECOGNIZING REVEREND FRED LEE SHUTTLESWORTH ON HIS PASSING

  (Ms. SEWELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SEWELL. Today I rise to express my condolences and heartfelt 
wishes for the family of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who passed this 
morning.
  Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth was an icon of the civil rights movement. 
I know that in Birmingham, Alabama, we hold him in high esteem, and 
today I just wanted to make sure that my colleagues knew that Reverend 
Shuttlesworth passed this morning.
  I know in the days and weeks to come we will celebrate his life and 
memorialize him in proper form, but today I rise just to acknowledge 
his wonderful work and to make sure that his family knew that we as 
Americans truly appreciate their sacrifice and his wonderful 
accomplishments to making this country as great as it can be, and 
making sure that this country upholds its ideals of equality and 
justice for all.

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