Bull Connor

Description:

Biography of the heavy-handed Birmingham, Alabama police commissioner who turned power hoses and police dogs on black demonstrators led by Martin Luther King in the spring of 1963. A hard look at the man and the times and environment that molded him.

subjects: Biography,  Civil rights demonstrations,  Civil rights movements,  History,  Officials and employees,  Race relations,  Alabama, biography,  Birmingham (ala.), race relations,  Alabama, history,  Civil rights, united states,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Historical,  State & Local,  General,  Employees

People: Eugene Connor (1897-1973)

Places: Alabama,  Birmingham,  Birmingham (Ala.)

Times: 20th century