Shuttlesworth Continues the Struggle

Shuttlesworth Continues the Struggle. March Route Towards a Purposeful Life. "Project C” and the bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church were powerful motivators to end racial discrimination in America, but they were not enough a year later. Even after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Congress still had not passed the sweeping civil rights legislation he had promised to deliver after the Birmingham demonstrations. Rev. Shuttlesworth continued to battle in Birmingham and joined Dr. King, Rev. Abernathy and their cohorts to wage nonviolent confrontations and protests in other cities like St. Augustine, Florida, where Whites were equally resistant to change and stubbornly enforced racial discrimination. , Paired marker , June 1964 , Intent on fully integrating Birmingham, Rev. Shuttlesworth threatened to resume demonstrations if the city's new mayor, Albert Boutwell, persistently refused to hire Black police officers and civil servants. He insisted that Dr. King return to Birmingham until the city was fully integrated, but Dr. King had his mind set on the civil unrest in St. Augustine. Rev. Shuttlesworth mobilized a group of young Birmingham activists to assist in the St. Augustine Movement. Black residents there held nonviolent protests, but were also mistreated and brutally beaten as they tried to win demands similar to those in Birmingham. A "wade-in” at a "Whites Only” beach ended in physical violence against the protestors. Rev. C. T. Vivian was amazed at the courage Rev. Shuttlesworth displayed as he walked into the ocean. In a whispered conversation, Rev. Shuttlesworth later admitted to Rev. Vivian that he couldn't swim. The Birmingham and St. Augustine protests led to passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, two days before Independence Day. , "They forget that faith works best works under difficult circumstances." , Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth , Birmingham Foot Soldier, Annual Report to the ACMHR, June 1957., Lesson E16: What does it mean to be self-less? How was Rev. Shuttlesworth self-less?