THE TRIALS OF FRED SHUTTLESWORTH, 1958 - 1968, AGAINST THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
Various places: 1958-1968]. Nine legal briefs: eight submitted to the United States Supreme Court, one to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, concerning Shuttlesworth's challenges to the institutional racism mandated by the State of Alabama and the City of Birmingham, 1958-1968. All in original printed wrappers, paginated variously [8-362 pages]. Infrequent wear to an occasional wrapper [one with circular coffee stains to the front wrapper, which also has the ownership name of counsel for Birmingham "William C. Walker- Personal Copy".] Very Good.
An Alabama native, Fred L. Shuttlesworth (1922-2011) fought segregation as a Birmingham minister. He became pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1953, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, worked in the leadership of the Alabama NAACP, participated in sit-ins in 1960, and was tireless in his efforts to secure civil rights for African-Americans. In 1963 he brought Martin Luther King and SCLC to Birmingham for a historic confrontation with institutional racism. "The scale of protest and police brutality of the Birmingham Campaign created a new level of visibility for the civil rights movement and contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." [Online article, "Shuttlesworth, Fred Lee," authorship unattributed, at Stanford's MLK Jr.'s Research and Education Institute.]
a. Jurisdictional Statement. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1958, Ruby Fredericka Shuttlesworth, by her next friend, F. L Shuttlesworth, Appellants v. Birmingham Board of Education of Jefferson County, Alabama, Appellee, on appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division. Washington, DC: The Court, 1958. 8vo. 18 pp. The Alabama District Court upheld Alabama's School Placement Law despite Shuttlesworth's argument that the law unconstitutionally segregates pupils based on their race. Not located on OCLC.
b. Brief for Respondent, the City of Birmingham. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1965, No. 5, Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Petitioner, vs. City of Birmingham, on Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the State of Alabama. Earl McBee & William C. Walker for the respondent. St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Law Printing Co, 1965. 38 pp. Shuttlesworth was convicted of loitering and obstructing passage on a sidewalk. The City's Brief defends the conviction.
c. Brief of Respondent in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1965, Wyatt Tee Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, A.D. King, J.W. Hayes, T.L. Fisher, F. L. Shuttlesworth, and J.T. Porter, Petitioners, vs. City of Birmingham, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Alabama, Respondent. J.M Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., 1965. 37 pp. The City of Birmingham defends the conviction of the demonstrators for violating an injunction prohibiting civil rights demonstrations on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Several neat pencil corrections to the text. OCLC locates one copy (Hofstra).
d. Brief for Respondent. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1966, No. 249, Wyatt Tee Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, A.D. King, J.W. Hayes, T.L. Fisher, F. L. Shuttlesworth, and J.T. Porter, Petitioners, vs. City of Birmingham, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Alabama, Respondent, on Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama. J.M Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., 1966. 85 pp. The Brief defends contempt convictions of the Civil Rights demonstrators for defying a court injunction prohibiting their parade. Earl McBee's copy with his ink name at head of front wrappers; heavily marked in ink and with several marginal notes. OCLC locates four copies (Alabama Supreme Court Library, Birmingham/Jefferson County Public, Alabama, Georgia).
e. Supplemental Brief for Respondent. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1966, No. 249, Wyatt Tee Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, A.D. King, J.W. Hayes, T.L. Fisher, F. L. Shuttlesworth, and J.T. Porter, Petitioners, vs. City of Birmingham, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Alabama, Respondent, on Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama. J.M Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., 1966. 8vo. 5 pp. Additional arguments to sustain the convictions of the Civil Rights demonstrators for defying the court's injunction.
f. Objections to Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1966, No. 249, Wyatt Tee Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, A.D. King, J.W. Hayes, T.L. Fisher, F. L. Shuttlesworth, and J.T. Porter, Petitioners, vs. City of Birmingham, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Alabama, Respondent, J.M . Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., 1966. 8vo. 8 pp. The City of Birmingham objects to the motion of the AFL-CIO to file an amicus curae brief on behalf of the petitioners. .
g. Brief for Appellee. In the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23,840, Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Appellant, vs. City of Birmingham, Appellee, Earl McBee, Wilham C. Walker, Attorneys for Appellee. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., (1967). 8vo. 20 pp. After the Supreme Court remanded No. 249 because of uncertainty on the basis of State Court rulings which had convicted Shuttlesworth for violating the court's injunction, he removed the case to federal court. The City of Birmingham objects in this Brief.
h. Brief of Respondent in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1967, Fred I. Shuttlesworth, Petitioner, vs. City of Birmingham, Alabama, Respondent, J.M. Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Printing Co. 1967. 8vo. 32 pp. The City of Birmingham asks the Supreme Court to refuse to review the convictions of Shuttlesworth and other Civil Rights demonstrators.
i. Brief for Respondent. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term,1968,
Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Petitioner, vs. City of Birmingham, Alabama, Respondent, pm Writ
of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama, J. R. Breckenridge, Earl McBee, William C. Walker, Attorneys for Respondent. St. Louis, (MO): St. Louis Law Printing Co., (1967). 8vo. 74 pp. Inscribed at head of front wrapper "William C. Walker - Personal Copy / p. 28 & 40 & 41," with ink underlining on page 28. The city continues to argue that Shuttlesworth was breaking the law, not participating in a "peaceful, orderly demonstration." OCLC locates two copies (Alabama, Birmingham/Jefferson Co. Public). Circle stains on front wrapper. Item #41942
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