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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 [[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.

'''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><ref name=feldman>Feldman, Glenn (August 31, 2015). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Great_Melding/0ZUkCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+new+deal&pg=PA256&printsec=frontcover The Great Melding: War, the Dixiecrat Rebellion, and the Southern Model for America's New Conservatism], p. 256. ''Google Books''. 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]].

In 1937, he was elected Commissioner of Public Safety of Birmingham, Alabama,<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> and served in the position throughout the span of three decades. Affiliated with the business hierarchy, Connor favored low taxes and limited government in accordance with Southern Jeffersonian ideals, though maintained his appeals to the working-class base as an unconditional segregationist and opponent of crime.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/>

In 1937, he was elected Commissioner of Public Safety of Birmingham, Alabama,<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> and served in the position throughout the span of three decades. Affiliated with the business hierarchy, Connor favored low taxes and limited government in accordance with Southern Jeffersonian ideals, though maintained his appeals to the working-class base as an unconditional segregationist and opponent of crime.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/>

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>