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Bethel Baptist Church, under the helm of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, was ground zero in the fight for civil rights in Birmingham.
Photo by Debbie Stone

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"It began at Bethel." With these words, historian and educator Dr. Martha Bouyer proceeded to take me back in time to the birth of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement.