Thursday, October 6, 2011

Civil Rights pioneer

After being struck with brass knuckles and bicycle chains, Shuttlesworth said, the doctor was amazed he wasn't in worse shape.

"I said, 'Well, doctor, the Lord knew I lived in a hard town, so he gave me a hard head,' " he said.

It was on display every time he went head to head with Birmingham's racist police commissioner, Bull Connor.

"He would lead demonstrations, and he would call Bull Connor and say, 'Bull, I will be on such and such corner; if you want to be part of history, be there,' " Huntley said.

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