Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Died

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Lost in the hubris of Steve Jobs, to whom the current state of technology owes a lot, a more significant historical figure has passed away has well.

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/05/141083711/rev-fred-shuttlesworth-civil-rights-pioneer-dies

The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a pioneer of the civil rights movement, died Wednesday in Birmingham, Ala. Shuttlesworth led Birmingham's battle against segregation — a battle that focused the national spotlight on the violent resistance to equal rights in the South and forced change. He was 89.