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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.
3 de abr. de 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).
Bull Connor. 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.
- Selma, Alabama
- March 10, 1973
- Selma , Alabama
Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor (1897-1973) was a successful Alabama politician who held a variety of public offices for over four decades, among them Birmingham, Alabama's Commissioner of Public Safety. Connor, a staunch white supremacist, was at the center of white efforts to impede the work of the civil rights movement in Birmingham.
7 de may. de 2009 · 2K. 473K views 14 years ago. National History Day documentary on Bull Connor, Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety, whose use of police dogs and fire hoses on civil rights demonstrators...
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8 de nov. de 2023 · Eugene “Bull” Connor A successful politician who held a variety of public offices over four decades, Eugene “Bull” Connor (1897-1973) is primarily remembered today as an icon of racial intolerance.
