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The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: Buzz Killington on June 25, 2008, 11:14:11 AM
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http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1214381747292440.xml&coll=2 (http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1214381747292440.xml&coll=2)
Also, the Council just voted to approve Langford's resolution.
Mayor Larry Langford proposes renaming Birmingham International Airport for Fred Shuttlesworth
Fred Shuttlesworth International Airport would honor icon, black leaders say Wednesday, June 25, 2008JOSEPH D. BRYANT and GREG GARRISONNews staff writers
Mayor Larry Langford wants the Birmingham International Airport renamed for the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a minister who helped spark the civil rights movement in the city. Langford made the suggestion at Tuesday's City Council meeting. He will meet with members of the airport authority board today to discuss the details.
"For the civil rights icon, there is no greater honor this city could give him than to make the Birmingham International Airport the Fred Shuttlesworth International Airport," Langford said. "I can't think of anyone outside of Dr. King who did more to change the climate in Birmingham, Alabama, than Rev. Shuttlesworth."
Now 86, Shuttlesworth had been living in Cincinnati until he moved back to Birmingham this year to undergo rehabilitation after suffering a stroke last year.
Told of Langford's proposal, Shuttlesworth's wife, Sephira, quoted him as responding: "I'd love that."
Sephira Shuttlesworth said she, too, approved. "I think its is an appropriate venue because traveling was a part of his calling, and he wanted to wear out, not rust out."
The City Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting the name change.
"Rev. Shuttlesworth is worthy of one of our highest honors because of his lifelong commitment to Birmingham," said Council President Carole Smitherman, who proposed the resolution. Smitherman said the name change fits well in Birmingham's celebrated civil rights heritage and the increased interest in the role the city played in ridding the country of legalized segregation. "It's a part of our heritage," she said.
Councilman Steven Hoyt, who is also a member of the airport board, called the mayor's idea noble, but said more research is needed to determine the cost of rebranding the airport.
"Anytime there's a name change, there's a cost associated with it," Hoyt said. "We're in the process of modernizing the entire airport. There's a lot of cost with that. After the meeting we'll know something more definitive about the proposal."
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I have never heard of the guy. He may have done great things in Birmingham, AL...I don't know. However, anyone opposed to this for any reason will be labeled a racist.
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I have never heard of the guy. He may have done great things in Birmingham, AL...I don't know. However, anyone opposed to this for any reason will be labeled a racist.
Doesn't Jefferson county have a lot of missing money that they should more concerned about?
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Give the old dude a street somewhere downtown. MLK gets a street in every town. An airport is huge stuff. Was this guy bigger than the King?
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Give the old dude a street somewhere downtown. MLK gets a street in every town. An airport is huge stuff. Was this guy bigger than the King?
This guy already has a street named after him. I think he was bigger than that floating King with the good fingers, but probably not the one who peeks in everybody's window.
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I have never heard of the guy.
Racist.
I just wanted to be the first to cast the mahfuckin stone.
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Racist.
I just wanted to be the first to cast the mahfuckin stone.
Glass crib liva
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Glass crib liva
Speaking of my crib...I think I forgot to tell you: we're back at the beach and out of the woods.
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Doesn't Jefferson county have a lot of missing money that they should more concerned about?
A total of 4.6 billion, Langford wants to host 2020 Olympics in Birmingham :rofl: BTW 500,000 application fee for his shot in the dark!
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I have never heard of the guy. He may have done great things in Birmingham, AL...I don't know. However, anyone opposed to this for any reason will be labeled a racist.
Wikipedia is your friend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Shuttlesworth
Apparently he helped organize the "Freedom Riders" in 1961 among other things stirring up confrontations which were quickly put down by the former Commissioner of Public Safety "Bull" Conner.
I couldn't find the clip from The Ladykillers where "Garth" explains that he came down from Scranton with the Freedom Riders but this one's just as funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-OxIg0V9M&feature=related