Birmingham Civil Rights Leaders

Fred Shuttlesworth (second from right) and several other civil rights leaders attended a Birmingham city council meeting on December 26, 1956, to discuss the issue of segregated public transportation.

Civil Rights leaders including Rev. Charles Billups, left and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, second from right, en route to a Birmingham city council meeting where the issue of desegregated buses is to be discussed

Courtesy of The Birmingham News. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Photograph by Robert Adams.

Civil Rights leaders including Rev. Charles Billups, left and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, second from right, en route to a Birmingham city council meeting where the issue of desegregated buses is to be discussed