Fred Lee Shuttlesworth was born on March 18, 1922 in Mount Meigs, Alabama, USA. He was married to Sephira Bailey and Ruby Keeler. He died on October 5, 2011 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Civil rights leader; co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Took the last name of his step-father, William Shuttlesworth.
Children from first marriage: Patricia Shuttlesworth, Ruby, Carolyn, Fred Shuttlesworth, Jr.
Son of Alberta Robinson.
Survived by his four daughters, one son, step-daughter, Audrey Wilson, five sisters, Betty Williams, Ernestine Grimes, Truzella Brazil, Iwider Reid, and Eula Mitchell, fourteen grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild.