[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15632]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                IN MEMORY OF REVEREND FRED SHUTTLESWORTH

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. On October 5, civil rights legend Reverend Fred 
Shuttlesworth passed away while residing in Birmingham, Alabama. From 
1961 to 2007, Reverend Shuttlesworth lived in Cincinnati, and when I 
first came here in '95, I had the distinct pleasure of representing him 
here in Congress.
  Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth defied death numerous times while 
fighting against violent segregationists, even surviving the blast from 
16 sticks of dynamite that were planted by unknown assassins. So 
devoted to this cause was he that he pledged to ``kill segregation or 
be killed by it.'' From freedom rides and sit-ins to pastor and founder 
of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Reverend Shuttlesworth 
was a tireless and fearless civil rights hero, who not only talked the 
``talk'' but who walked the ``walk'' in places where few others were 
willing to go.
  The enormity of Reverend Shuttlesworth's achievements and 
contributions to American history cannot be overstated. Even Reverend 
Martin Luther King, Jr. once referred to him as ``the most courageous 
civil rights fighter in the South.'' Let us forever remember this great 
man of faith and the legacy he leaves for America.
  God bless you, Reverend Shuttlesworth, and may God bless the 
Shuttlesworth family.

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