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agreement. On May 10, they agreed on desegregation of lunch counters, restrooms, fitting rooms, and drinking fountains at department stores, the upgrading in position and hiring of blacks, cooperation with SCLC legal representatives in releasing all detainees, and the establishment of formal communication between black and whites through the Senior Citizens Committee.
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King, a candidate running for mayor of Birmingham, met with Connor on May 8, 1961, to pay his respects. In addition, he asked him to refrain from announcing support for the other leading mayoral candidate, Art Hanes, so that King's chances would be greater. At the end of the meeting, Connor noted that he was expecting the
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destroyed a portion of the church basement causing the death of four African-American girls, Addie Mae Collins age 14, Carol Denise McNair age 11, Carole Rosamond Robertson age 14, and Cynthia Dionne Wesley, age 14. The church was known as the center of civil rights activities in Birmingham. The city
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On May 2, 1961, Connor had won a landslide election for his sixth term as Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham. As Commissioner, he had administrative authority over the police and fire departments, schools, public health service, and libraries, all of which were segregated by state law. Tom
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The next day, even more students joined the marches, against whom Connor ordered the use of fire hoses and attack dogs. This did not stop the demonstrators, but generated bad publicity for Connor through the news media. The use of fire hoses continued and by May 7, Connor and the police department
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ruled against them. Connor ended his 23-year tenure in the post. Citing a general law, he had argued that the change could not take effect until the October 1 following the date of the election, but the Supreme Court of Alabama held that the general law was preempted by a special law applicable to
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Connor intentionally let the Klansmen beat the Riders for 15 minutes with no police intervention. He publicly blamed the violence on many factors, saying that "No policemen were in sight as the buses arrived, because they were visiting their mothers on Mother's Day". He insisted that the violence
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As I have said on numerous occasions, we are not going to stand for this in Birmingham. And if necessary we will fill the jail full and we don't care whose toes we step on. I am saying now to these meddlers from out of our city the best thing for them to do is stay out if they don't want to get
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The Black Americans' economic boycott of businesses that refused to hire them and downtown stores that kept segregated facilities helped gain negotiation by the city's business leaders. The SCLC and the Senior Citizens Committee, who represented a majority of Birmingham businesses, came to an
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which became noted as a moral argument for civil rights activism. The goal of the campaign was to gain mass arrests of non-violent protesters and overwhelm the judicial and penal systems. It would also demonstrate to national media and local residents the strong desire of African Americans to
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The Freedom Riders arrived in Birmingham on May 14, 1961. As the Trailways bus reached the terminal in Birmingham, a large mob of Klansmen and news reporters was waiting for them. The Riders were viciously attacked soon after they disembarked from the bus and attempted to gain service at the
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King wanted to have massive arrests to highlight the brutal police tactics used by Connor and his subordinates. (By extension, the campaign was intended to demonstrate the general suppression by other Southern police officials as well). After King was arrested and jailed, he wrote his
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introduced a controversial new tactic of using young people in the demonstrations. Most adults were working for bosses who openly threatened their jobs with termination for participating in the demonstrations. On May 2, 1963, the first youths and students walked out of the
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whites-only lunch counter. Some were taken to the loading dock area, away from reporters, but some reporters were also beaten with metal bars, pipes, and bats and one's camera was destroyed. After 15 minutes, the police finally arrived, but by then most Klansmen had left.
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In the spring of 1961, integrated teams of civil rights activists mounted what they called "Freedom Rides" to highlight the illegal imposition of racial segregation on interstate buses, whose operations came under federal law and the constitution. They had teams ride
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In 1936, Connor was elected to the office of commissioner of Public Safety of Birmingham, beginning the first of two stretches that spanned a total of 26 years. His first stretch ended in 1952, but he was re-elected in 1956, serving to 1963.
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against civil rights activists, including against children supporting the protests. National media broadcast these tactics on television, horrifying much of the world. The outrages served as catalysts for major social and legal change in the
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for $ 1.5 million. He objected to what he claimed was their insinuation that he had promoted racial hatred. He dropped his claim for damages to $ 400,000; the case dragged on for six years until Connor lost a $ 40,000 judgment on appeal.
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as an example of a particular type of bullying public official and police officer whose tolerance, or encouragement, of violence towards Civil Rights campaigners plays into the hands of the media-conscious SCLC and Martin Luther King
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Before returning to office in 1956, Connor quickly resumed his brutal approach to dealing with perceived threats to the social order. His forces raided a meeting which was being held at the house of African-American activist Reverend
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slapped in jail. Our people of Birmingham are a peaceful people and we never have any trouble here unless some people come into our city looking for trouble. And I've never seen anyone yet look for trouble who wasn't able to find it.
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Local civil rights activists had been unable to negotiate much change with the city or business leaders, in their efforts to gain integration of facilities and hiring of blacks by local businesses. They invited Dr.
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He suffered another stroke on February 26, 1973, which left him unconscious. He died a few weeks later, in March of that year. Survivors included his widow, Beara, a daughter, and a brother, Ed Connor.
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Connor's brutality and violence against civil rights activists contributed to Ku Klux Klan and other violence against black people in the city of Birmingham. On a Sunday in September 1963, the
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to reach Birmingham the following Sunday, Mother's Day. He stated, "We'll be ready for them, too," and King responded, "I bet you will, Commissioner," as he walked out.
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Connor's second run for governor failed in 1954. He was the center of controversy that year by pushing through a city ordinance in Birmingham that outlawed "communism."
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and movement leaders had just reached a negotiated agreement on integration of facilities and jobs. The deaths of the children prompted the Attorney General
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and attempted to march to Birmingham's City Hall to talk to the Mayor. By the end of the day, 959 children, ranging from ages 6–18, had been arrested.
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came from out-of-town meddlers and that police had rushed to the scene "as quickly as possible." The violence was covered by national media.
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and his team to help mount a more concerted campaign. The day after the April election, Dr. King and local civil rights leaders began "
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In 1962, Connor ordered the closing of 60 Birmingham parks rather than follow a federal court order to desegregate public facilities.
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which was under way would spread to Birmingham, in an effort to integrate city buses. He had the ministers arrested on charges of
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mistakes a man washing his car for Connor. Connor also appears as an antagonist in the 2014 episode "Freedom Ride or Die" in the
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on December 7, 1966, and used a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Connor won another term in 1968, but was defeated in 1972.
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to call Governor George Wallace and threaten to send in federal troops to control violence and bombings in Birmingham.
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remembered listening to him call games: "Pretty good announcer, too, although I think he used to get too excited."
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In November 1962, in response to the extremely negative perception of the city—it was derisively nicknamed "
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philosophy, with Connor noting at the time, "There's not enough room in town for Bull and the Commies."
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was visiting Japan, he saw a newspaper photo of a bus engulfed in flames, which occurred during the
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On June 3, 1964, Connor resumed a place in government when he was elected president of the
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and maintained that party affiliation throughout his career. As a legislator, he supported
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stands up to another character and says 'You don't scare me, Bull Connor didn't scare me.'
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Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s
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measures and pro-union policies for white people. He voted for extending the
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buses traveling through southern capitals, with the final stop intended as
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J. Barton Starr, "Birmingham and the 'Dixiecrat' Convention of 1948,"
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and beat up the activists, pushing them all to the back of the bus.
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Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
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American government official and segregationist (1897–1973)
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Terry Gross, "Get On the Bus: The Freedom Riders of 1961"
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Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice.
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Brands, Edgar G., "Broadcasts of Game Blanket America",
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baseball club spanning the 1932 through 1936 seasons.
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Connor v. State, 275 Ala. 230, 153 So. 2d 787 (1963).
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Commissioner of Public Safety (1936–1954, 1957–1963)
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Birmingham
Alabama House of Representatives
Selma, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Democratic
Dixiecrat
Birmingham, Alabama
Democratic Party
Civil Rights Movement
city commission government
Birmingham Police Department
white supremacist
racial segregation
civil rights
Birmingham campaign
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
fire hoses
attack dogs
Southern United States
United States Congress
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Selma, Alabama
train dispatcher
Democrat
Alabama House of Representatives
populist
poll tax
Birmingham Barons

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