Alonzo Guyton's Memorial - News Package

VO 1: BOMBED, BEATEN AND FREQUENTLY ARRESTED; REVEREND FRED L. SHUTTLESWORTH WAS THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. HE WAS AN AVID FIGHTER FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND OTHER FORMS OF RACISM. VO2: BEFORE THERE WAS I HAVE A DREAM. FRED SHUTTLESWORTH WAS THE DREAM VO3: SHUTTLESWORTH WAS SEEN AS AN ICON WHO WORKED RELENTLESSLY TO CHANGE THE CONDITIONS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA VO4: HAVING PREACHED AT SEVERAL CHURCHES DURING HIS LIFETIME, SHUTTLES WORTH IS KNOWN TO MANY AS A REVREND. HE HAS BEEN PASTOR AT CHURCHES LIKE CEDAR GROVE ACADEMY BIBLE COLLEGE, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, AND SARDIS BAPTIST CHURCH. VO5: QUOTE REVREND SHUTTLESWORTH’S GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT (YOUTUBE: FRED SHUTTLESWORTH: MY GRESTEST ACCOMPLISHMENT) “I DID NOT EXPECT TO LIVE PAST 4O, IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF ALABAMA…) VO6: SHUTTLESWORTH IS KNOWN FOR THE PART HE PLAYED IN (1) PETITIONING THE BIRMINGHAM CITY COMMISSION TO HIRE BLACK POLICE OFFICERS IN 1955 (2) ASSISTING IN THE CREATION OF THE ALABAMA CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, A WEEK AFTER A ALABAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL OUTLAWED THE NAACP (3) ACTING AS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (4) FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST BIRMINGHAM REQUESTING THAT CITY PARKS BE DESIGNATED VO7: BORN ON MARCH 18, 1922, TO PARENTS VETTA GREEN AND ALBERTA ROBINSON IN MOUNT MEIGS, ALABAMA. SHUTTLESWORTH WAS RAISED BY HIS STEPFATHER ALBERTA AND WILLIAM SHUTTLESWORTH, WHO WAS A FARMER IN RURAL OXMORE, ALABAMA. VO8: SHUTTLESWORTH ATTENDED OXMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE HE MET HIS MENTOR; ISRAEL RAMSEY. V10: A YEAR AFTER GRADUATING ROSEDALE HIGH SCHOOL, SHUTTLESWORTH MARRIED A NURSE BY THE NAME OF RUBY KEELER, IN 1941. V11: IT WAS THEN THAT HE BECAME A TRUCK DRIVER AND STUDIED AUTO MECHANICS. V12: HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY REVEREND E.A PALMER TO ATTEND CEDAR GROVE ACADEMY, A LOCAL BIBLE COLLEGE. V13: SHUTTLESWORTH ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR PREACHING. V14: AFTER DELIVERING A SERMON AT SELMA UNIVERSITY IN 1945, SHUTTLESWORTH DECIDED TO PURSUE A A.B DEGREE AND LATER ALABAMA STATE COLLEGE. V15: BY 1953 SHUTTLESWORTH WAS THE PASTOR OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN SELMA, ALABAMA. V16: THREE YEARS LATER, HE ESTABLISHED THE CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. V17: HE USED THE GROUP AS AN AGENT TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES. V18: ON DECEMBER 26, 1956, SHUTTLESWORTH AND THE ACMHR TESTED THE SEGREGATION LAWS IN ALABAMA, BY IGNORING THE SEATING LAWS ENFORCED BY THE UNITED STATES’ SUPREME COURT. V19: ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT IN 1956, HIS HOUSE WAS BLOWNED UP BY SIXTEEN STICKS OF KU KLUX KLAN DYNAMITE. SHUTTLESWORTH LANDED IN THE BASEMENT, AND HIS BEDROOM WAS BLOWN APART. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME HIS LIFE WOULD BE THREATENED. V20: THE VERY NEXT DAY, SHUTTLESWORTH LED A RALLY. “AUDIO BITES…SHUTTLES WORTH’S LIFE THREATENED.” V21: IN 1957 HE WAS BEATEN BY POLICE AFTER HE TRIED TO ENROLL HIS DAUGHTER IN AN ALL WHITE HIGH SCHOOL. V22: THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR, HE JOINED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY, AND BAYARD RUSTIN TO FORM THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. V23: IN 1963, SHUTTLESWORTH’S LIFE WAS ONCE AGAIN IN DANGER. HE WAS ATTACKED BY A SHERRIFF’S WATER CANNONS, AFTER HE LED A MASS NONVIOLENT DEMONSTRATION. V24: IN HIS 1963 BOOK, WHY WE CAN'T WAIT, MARTIN LUTHER KING REFERRS TO SHUTTLESWORTH AS “ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST COURAGEOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS.” V25: IN 1988 HE CONTINUED HIS WORK TO FIGHT FOR EQUALITY, ESTABLISHING THE SHUTTLESWORTH HOUSING FOUNDATION FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES TO BUY THEIR HOMES. V26: AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS TO TAKE HIS LIFE, SHUTTLESWORTH LIVED ALMOST NINE DECADES. IN 2005, HE HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE A TUMOR FROM HIS BRAIN, TWO YEARS LATER SHUTTLESWORTH SUFFERED A STROKE. V27: IN 2008, SHUTTLESWORTH WAS HOSPITALIZED AND BEDRIDDEN FOLLOWING RECOVERY FROM A STROKE. HE WAS MOVED TO INTENSIVE CARE IN DECEMBER AND TREATED FOR PNEUMONIA AND DEHYDRATION. V29: ON OCTOBER 5, 2011 AT THE AGE OF 89-YEAR OLD FRED SHUTTLESWORTH PASSED AWAY LEAVING BEHIND A GREAT LEGACY. V28: SHUTTLESWORTH HAD FOUR CHILDREN PATRICIA SHUTTLESWORTH MASSENGILL, RUBY BESTER, FRED SHUTTLESWORTH JR., AND CAROLYN SHUTTLESWORTH CURRENTLY DR. CAROLYN SHUTTLESWORTH IS A FRESHMAN ENGLISH PROFESSOR HERE AT THE ILLUSTRIOUS HOWARD UNIVERSITY. SHE HAS BEEN DOING SO FOR SIX YEARS. V29: SOT: “MY FATHER” SOT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nT-7lMqww0&feature=related “MOSES…. VO 11: IN A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH THE VISIONARY PROJECT MR. SHUTTLESWOTH HAS ALSO MADE THIS STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION. SOT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC8I1L2LcFA&feature=related “MLK SAID IT….. HERE AT Howard University, HERE IS WHAT PROFESSORS IN HISTORY DEPARTMENT HAD TO SAY ABOUT FRED SHUTTLESWORTH’S AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHT’S MOVEMENT. VO 12: SHUTTLESWORTH WAS A FAMILY MAN, WHO WANTED TO ENSURE THAT HIS CHILDREN RECEIVED A QUALITY EDUCATION. HE VALUED EDUCATION IN HIS FAMILY. HE WAS THE FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN V28: THE WORK OF FRED SHUTTLESWORTH LIVES ON THROUGH SEVERAL MOUNUMENTS BUILT IN HIS HONOR. THIS INCLUDES THE BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA.

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VO1: Howard University students and faculty are mourning the loss of Sophomore Music Composition Major, Alonzo Guyton. On Thursday, a service was held at the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel in his honor. VO2: According to Police Chief Michael E. Scott, Alonzo was shot in the head and the back after what appeared to be a robbery just after midnight in the Mount Rainier area of Prince George’s County. SOT: Alonzo’s Classmate Christina Howard is certain that Alonzo will be missed. “He..he brightened up a lot of days, it’s going to be hard for people especially when you have class with him. I have class with him, so when I go to class, it’s going to be a constant reminder. VO4: Alonzo’s teammate, Willie Carter with the Howard University football team recalls Alonzo’s final saying. “He always had this smile on his face, he’d dap you up say what’s up. “Yo keep pushing” he going to be back in the spring“ that’s all he kept saying. “We’ll always have good memories”- Christina. Until next time, I’m Anna-Lysa Gayle.

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I recently did an interview with 900 AM WURD, a radio station in Philadelphia. The interview was in regards to the case of the Troy Davis protest lead by Howard University students, in which I covered for my blog. The show starts out with segment 1, "Scared Silent". It then leads into segment 2, "Never forget Troy Davis" which includes interviewees Dr. Debra Hines, Dr. Tony Medina, and myself. The interview explored what took place during and after the Troy Davis Protest in front of the White House on Wednesday September 21, 2011.