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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.
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3 de abr. de 2014 · Learn about the life and career of Eugene \"Bull\" Connor, the Birmingham public safety commissioner who opposed the civil rights movement and ordered violent attacks on peaceful protesters. Find out how his actions influenced the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the history of Birmingham.
Bull Connor was a notorious opponent of civil rights who used violence and repression to maintain racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. He became a national symbol of resistance to the movement after his police force attacked peaceful protesters in 1963.
7 de mai. de 2009 · 375 subscribers. Subscribed. 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...
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11 de mar. de 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 was a politician who served as Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety from 1936 to 1963. He used police brutality to suppress the civil rights protests led by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC in 1963.
8 de nov. de 2023 · A biography of Eugene \"Bull\" Connor, a controversial politician and segregationist who served as Birmingham's commissioner of public safety and Alabama's Democratic National Committeeman. Learn about his career, his role in the civil rights movement, and his legacy.
