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Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973) was an American politician who served as Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, for more than two decades. A member of the Democratic Party, he strongly opposed the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
Apr 3, 2014 · Eugene "Bull" Connor was a radio sportscaster before entering state politics and became Birmingham's public safety commissioner in 1937. With the growing civil rights movement of the 1950s and...
An ardent segregationist who served for 22 years as commissioner of public safety in Birmingham, Alabama, Bull Connor used his administrative authority over the police and fire departments to ensure that Birmingham remained, as Martin Luther King described it, “the most segregated city in America” (King, 50).
Sep 24, 2018 · Connor, a staunch white supremacist, was at the center of white efforts to impede the work of the civil rights movement in Birmingham. Connor began his political career in 1934, winning a seat in the Alabama House of Representatives.
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Nov 8, 2023 · Aligned with Birmingham's large business interests, Connor supported low taxes and limited government. To the white public, he presented himself as a champion of working people, a tireless crime fighter, and an uncompromising defender of racial segregation.
Mar 11, 1973 · BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 10 (AP) — Eugene Connor, the Birmingham Police Commissioner who used dogs and fire hoses to break up civil rights demonstrations in the early nineteen‐sixties, died here...
Bull Connor is remembered for his opposition to the Civil Rights Movement during his time as Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham, Alabama. His aggressive policies towards black protesters epitomised the institutionalised racism that plagued the South.
May 7, 2009 · National History Day documentary on Bull Connor, Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety, whose use of police dogs and fire hoses on civil rights demonstr...
When the marchers neared a second police barricade, Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor gave the officers clear orders: “Stop them… Don’t let them go any further!” Connor was a notorious segregationist with close ties to the Ku Klux Klan.
CONNOR, Theophilus Eugene ("Bull")(b. 11 July 1897 in Selma, Alabama; d. 10 March 1973 in Birmingham, Alabama), ardently segregationist commissioner of public safety for Birmingham, Alabama, whose tactics—most notably the use of fire hoses and police dogs against peaceful demonstrators—so shocked the nation that they ultimately aided the ...
