Brimner, Larry Dane Black & White: The Confrontation
between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Conner, 112 p. Calkins
Creek, 2012. $17.
When Fred Shuttlesworth started
preaching at Bethel Baptist in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1950’s, he never
expected to become a lightning rod for the civil rights movement in his
town. But since he couldn’t stop
pushing for more rights for his congregation and all blacks within the city, he
becamse a favorite target for Bull Conner, the city’s Commissioner for Public
Safety, who felt it was his divine calling to keep the uppity Negroes in their
place.
Pretty much everything
incident that we know about Birmingham’s fight for civil rights was shepherded
by, prompted by something Reverend Shuttlesworth did. Brimner does a fantastic job bringing his story – and the
story of his rival – to life. I
can’t wait to share this.
MS, HS –
ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library Teacher.
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