Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973

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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:

611 items in 15 collections (expand all)

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

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)

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