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==Tirade against civil rights activists==

==Tirade against civil rights activists==

[[File:Democratic voter suppression.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democratic voter suppression in the Bull Connor era.]]  

[[File:Democratic voter suppression.jpg|right|320px|thumb|Democratic voter suppression in the Bull Connor era.]]  

Although Connor was not a recorded member of the third incarnation of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], he directly enabled Klan violence in Alabama, refusing to take actions against Klansmen responsible for bombings.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> When Klansmen viciously assaulted the Freedom Riders, Connor ordered Birmingham city police to refrain from restoring order.

Although Connor was not a recorded member of the third incarnation of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], he directly enabled Klan violence in Alabama, refusing to take actions against Klansmen responsible for bombings.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/> When Klansmen viciously assaulted the Freedom Riders, Connor ordered Birmingham city police to refrain from restoring order.