Fountain Heights in Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 5, 2014

1. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Marker

Inscription. No one did more to bring about positive change in Birmingham than the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. In his struggle for equal rights, he survived a series of assaults, including the bombing of his home and a brutal armed beating by the Ku Klux Klan. In spite of it all, he was instrumental in victory after victory for civil rights in Birmingham and America.

Erected by Kelly Ingram Park Freedom Walk. (Marker Number 9.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights.

Location. 33° 30.991′ N, 86° 48.876′ W. Marker is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County. It is in Fountain Heights. It is on 16th Street N. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Birmingham AL 35203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jim Crow on the Books (within shouting distance of this marker); Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and Parsonage (within shouting distance of this marker); Don't Tread on Me (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Police Presence (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Birmingham.

Also see . . . Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth ~ Wikipedia. (Submitted on April 16, 2014, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.)

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Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 5, 2014

2. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 5, 2014

3. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

Birmingham's civil rights freedom fighter with singular courage he fired the imagination and raised the hopes of an oppressed people.

John Walter Phoden, Sculptor
Native son of Birmingham 1992

Credits. This page was last revised on March 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2014, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 977 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 16, 2014, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.