Montgomery, AL – Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has ordered the flags on state government building lowered to half-staff in memory of civil rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth.
Shuttlesworth died Wednesday in a Birmingham hospital.
The governor called him ``a true pioneer for civil rights'' and ``an Alabama treasure.''
Bentley said the flags will remain lowered until sunset on the day of Shuttlesworth's interment.
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