Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Net Worth is
$1.4 Million
Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Theophilus Eugene Connor, known as Bull Connor (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973), was the Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, during the American Civil Rights Movement. His office, under the city commission government, gave him responsibility for administrative oversight of the Birmingham Fire Department and the Birmingham Police Department, which had their own chiefs.Connor's actions to enforce racial segregation and deny civil rights to Black citizens, especially during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Birmingham campaign of 1963, made him an international symbol of racism. Connor directed the use of fire hoses and police attack dogs against civil rights activists, that included the children of many protestors. These tactics exposed the extent of racism when shown on national television. They served as one of the catalysts for major social and legal change in the Southern United States and contributed to passage by the United States Congress of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
| Date Of Birth | July 11, 1897, Selma, Alabama, United States |
| Died | March 10, 1973, Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Selma, Alabama, USA |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
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| 1 | He was the Director of Public Safety in Birmingham, Alabama in the early '60s. Ironically, despite that title, he has been historically remembered for his violent efforts to stonewall the civil rights marches in the early '60s by instructing the police and fire departments to turn dogs and fire-hoses on the peaceful demonstrators. When he was elected to the position in 1960 he was voted in by the largest percentage of votes in the history of the state. Four years later, after the assault on the the demonstrators, the same percentage voted to remove him from his position. |
| 2 | In 1964, in an effort to prevent blacks in Birmingham, Alabama from registering to vote, he ran for mayor. He lost to Albert Boutwell, a racial moderate. |
