The book , a biography of civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth , was also nominated for the Robert F. Kennedy Prize .
Was runner - up for the 2001 Louisville Grawemeyer Award for books in religion .
The book , a biography of civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth , was also nominated for the Robert F. Kennedy Prize , and was runner - up for the 2001 Louisville Grawemeyer Award for books in religion .