Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973

Authoritative Name:
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Biography:
"Bull Connor was an ardent segregationist who served for twenty-two years as commissioner of public safety in Birmingham , Alabama. Using his administrative authority over the police and fire departments, Conner worked to ensure that Birmingham remained, as Martin Luther King, Jr. described it, "the most segregated city in America." In 1963, the violent response of Connor and his police force to demonstrations in Birmingham propelled the civil rights movement into the national spotlight."--"Connor, Theophilus Eugene "Bull" (1897-1973)," King Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 2, 2007.
Alternate Names:
Connor, Bull, 1897-1973
Associated Subjects:
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Bull Connor speaking to police officers during a civil rights demonstration in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Isaacson, Lou
Date of Original:
1963-04-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights demonstrators picketing outside businesses in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Isaacson, Lou
Date of Original:
1963-04-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights demonstrators picketing outside businesses in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Isaacson, Lou
Date of Original:
1963-04-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Police officers arresting civil rights demonstrators for picketing businesses in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Isaacson, Lou
Date of Original:
1963-04-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Public safety commissioner Bull Connor at a civil rights protest march to city hall in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Jones, Ed
Adams, Robert
Date of Original:
1963-04-06
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Public safety commissioner Bull Connor signing payroll on the trunk of a car during the Children's Campaign in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:
1963-05-08
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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Interview with Fred Shuttlesworth, December 6, 1997

Creator:
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Date of Original:
1997-12-06
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Birmingham Campaign of 1963

Creator:
Eskew, Glenn T.
Date of Original:
2007-09-20
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Eugene "Bull" Connor

Creator:
Baggett, James L.
Date of Original:
2007-03-09
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Freedom Rides

Creator:
Eckelmann, Susan
Date of Original:
2008-07-24
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Modern Civil Rights Movement in Alabama

Creator:
Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-
Date of Original:
2008-06-17
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Full Text
A.G. Gaston

Creator:
Gaston, A. G. (Arthur George), 1892-1996
Blackside, Inc.
DeVinney, James
Date of Original:
1985-11
Collection:
Eyes on the Prize Interviews
Contributing Institution:
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Libraries. Special Collections. Film & Media Archive

Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela, P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1967/1974
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Civil Rights organizations other than CORE or SNCC - Correspondence, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 1, Segment 7)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Information Service--Clippings, August 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 515, Box 1, Folder 1)

Creator:
Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

King--SNCC Position Papers & Reports, 1963-1965 (except Waveland, Mississippi, November 1964) (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 20)

Creator:
King, Mary E., 1940-
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Freedom Rides

Creator:
Hatfield, Edward A.
Date of Original:
2008-04-11
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Bull Connor 1960

Date of Original:
1960
Collection:
Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Bull Connor keep city commission Nov. 6th

Creator:
Birmingham Post Herald
Date of Original:
1963
Collection:
Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1962-04-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1962-02-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Airport, 1963

Creator:
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Date of Original:
1963
Collection:
Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Papers, 1959-1963
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Airport, January 4 to June 29, 1962

Creator:
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Papers, 1959-1963
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Airport, January 6, 1960 to September 29, 1960

Creator:
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Date of Original:
1960
Collection:
Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Papers, 1959-1963
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Airport, July 1, 1962

Creator:
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Papers, 1959-1963
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Airport, May 13, 1958 to December 21, 1961

Creator:
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Date of Original:
1958/1961
Collection:
Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Papers, 1959-1963
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Airport. H.T. Cross, Manager. February 12 to December 30, 1959

Creator:
Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
Date of Original:
1959
Collection:
Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Papers, 1959-1963
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)
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Full Text
WSFA audiovisual item D005.0010

Date of Original:
1963-05/1963-06
Collection:
WSFA Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Interview with Ella Pegues, 1984 August 22

Creator:
Pegues, Ella, 1903-
Date of Original:
1984-08-22
Collection:
Working Lives Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Interview with Fred Shuttlesworth, 1984 August 9

Creator:
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Date of Original:
1984-08-09
Collection:
Working Lives Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
Educator Resources:

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