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[[File:Democratic voter suppression.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democratic voter suppression in the Bull Connor era.]]
'''Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor''' was born in Selma, Alabama, on July 11th, 1897. Alabama was a hard-core Confederate state which was still coming to terms with the end of the American Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves. The [[Ku Klux Klan]] was strong in the state and the ‘[[Jim Crow]]’ laws were rigidly enforced. [[Lynching]] was a common way of keeping the [[African-American]] community ‘in their place’ and those responsible invariably simply got away with their crime. Connor is most associated with the civil rights demonstrations in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] where to many the very public role of Connor and what took place in Birmingham seemed to epitomise the racial problems that existed in [[the South]].
'''Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor''' was born in Selma, Alabama, on July 11th, 1897. Alabama was a hard-core Confederate state which was still coming to terms with the end of the American Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves. The [[Ku Klux Klan]] was strong in the state and the ‘[[Jim Crow]]’ laws were rigidly enforced. [[Lynching]] was a common way of keeping the [[African-American]] community ‘in their place’ and those responsible invariably simply got away with their crime. Connor is most associated with the civil rights demonstrations in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] where to many the very public role of Connor and what took place in Birmingham seemed to epitomise the racial problems that existed in [[the South]].