Civil-rights program planned at YSU

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State University will present a program of stories and information Thursday about the civil-rights movement featuring the children of the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, the primary organizer of the nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Ala., during the 1950s and 1960s.

The Rev. Mr. Shuttlesworth was pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham during that period and co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, moved to integrate the Birmingham schools and organized sit-ins and freedom rides.

His children were involved in civil-rights activities during their childhoods and continue to advance the cause of social justice.

Patricia Shuttlesworth Massengill, Ruby Shuttlesworth Bester, Fred Shuttlesworth Jr. and Carolyn Shuttlesworth will present the program at 7:30 p.m. in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. The program is free and open to the public.