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'''Theophilus Eugene Connor''' (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973<ref name=politicalgraveyard>[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connor.html#745.93.98 Index to Politicians: Connor]. ''The Political Graveyard''. Retrieved October 3, 2023.</ref>), known as '''T. Eugene Connor''' or more commonly '''Bull Connor''', was a prominent [[left-wing]]<ref name=alencyclopediabio>Baggett, James L. (March 9, 2007). [https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/eugene-bull-connor/ Eugene "Bull" Connor]. ''Encyclopedia of Alabama''. Retrieved October 3, 2023.</ref> [[Democratic Party]] leader in Alabama known for his militant white supremacism consistent with the state's [[Progressive Movement|Progressive]] tradition.

'''Theophilus Eugene Connor''' (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973<ref name=politicalgraveyard>[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connor.html#745.93.98 Index to Politicians: Connor]. ''The Political Graveyard''. Retrieved October 3, 2023.</ref>), known as '''T. Eugene Connor''' or more commonly '''Bull Connor''', was a prominent [[liberal]]-leaning<ref name=alencyclopediabio>Baggett, James L. (March 9, 2007). [https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/eugene-bull-connor/ Eugene "Bull" Connor]. ''Encyclopedia of Alabama''. Retrieved October 3, 2023.</ref> [[Democratic Party]] leader in Alabama known for his militant white supremacism consistent with the state's [[Progressive Movement|Progressive]] tradition.

Connor known for his extremist reprisals against peaceful civil rights demonstrations in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], where his shameful actions epitomized the racial problems that long existed in [[the South]]. The "public safety" commissioner's card-carrying, partisan allegiance with violent Democratic segregationists is infamously remembered to this day for his public manifestation of unrestrained, animalistic savagery unleashed upon activists in the [[civil rights movement]].

Connor known for his extremist reprisals against peaceful civil rights demonstrations in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], where his shameful actions epitomized the racial problems that long existed in [[the South]]. The "public safety" commissioner's card-carrying, partisan allegiance with violent Democratic segregationists is infamously remembered to this day for his public manifestation of unrestrained, animalistic savagery unleashed upon activists in the [[civil rights movement]].

Due to his father's continued traveling, Connor resided with relatives in the cities of Birmingham and Plantersville, where he attended schools though failed to graduate.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> He married the former Beara Levens in 1920, with whom he had a daughter.

Due to his father's continued traveling, Connor resided with relatives in the cities of Birmingham and Plantersville, where he attended schools though failed to graduate.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> He married the former Beara Levens in 1920, with whom he had a daughter.

In his early career, Connor worked as a reporter for sports on Birmingham radio,<ref name=politicalgraveyard/> where his amusement acquired his later-to-be-infamous nickname as a result of nearly sharing a name with the cartoon character of a local newspaper, B. U. L. Connor.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> Connor also worked in sales as well as a telegraph operation, following in the footsteps of his father.

In his early career, Connor worked as a reporter for sports on Birmingham radio,<ref name=politicalgraveyard/> where his amusement acquired his later-to-be-infamous nickname as a result of nearly sharing a name with the cartoon character of a local newspaper, B. U. L. Connor.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> Connor also worked in sales as well as a telegraph operation,<ref name=frederickson>Frederickson, Kari (2001). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dixiecrat_Revolt_and_the_End_of_the/_Y0MCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+dixiecrat&pg=PP8&printsec=frontcover The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968], pp. 91–92. ''Google Books''. Retrieved October 3, 2023.</ref> following in the footsteps of his father.

==Political career: New Deal era to Truman presidency==

==Political career: New Deal era to Truman presidency==

Even by the early 1940s, when most segregationist Southern Democrats sharply broke with FDR, Connor referred to him as "[having] been a fine president" despite breaking with the national Administration over the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC).<ref>Gerstle, Gary; Lichtenstein, Nelson; O'Connor, Alice (November 29, 2019). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beyond_the_New_Deal_Order/jVnHDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+new+deal&pg=PA47&printsec=frontcover Beyond the New Deal Order: U.S. Politics from the Great Depression to the Great Recession], p. 47. ''Google Books''. Retrieved October 3, 2023.</ref>

Even by the early 1940s, when most segregationist Southern Democrats sharply broke with FDR, Connor referred to him as "[having] been a fine president" despite breaking with the national Administration over the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC).<ref>Gerstle, Gary; Lichtenstein, Nelson; O'Connor, Alice (November 29, 2019). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beyond_the_New_Deal_Order/jVnHDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+new+deal&pg=PA47&printsec=frontcover Beyond the New Deal Order: U.S. Politics from the Great Depression to the Great Recession], p. 47. ''Google Books''. Retrieved October 3, 2023.</ref>

===Connor supports the Dixiecrat revolt, 1948===

===Connor supports the Dixiecrat revolt, 1948===