Birmingham Police

Bull Connor Orders Fire Hoses and Police Dogs Against Children in Birmingham Campaign

1963-05-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

On May 3, 1963, Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor ordered police and firefighters to unleash high-pressure fire hoses and attack dogs on more than 1,000 young students, some as young as eight years old, who were marching downtown to protest segregation. The previous day, on May 2, …

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Freedom Riders Firebombed in Anniston as Police Allow KKK Attack Without Intervention

1961-05-14 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On May 14, 1961, the first Freedom Ride bus—a Greyhound carrying civil rights activists challenging segregated interstate transportation—arrived in Anniston, Alabama, where an angry mob of approximately 200 white people, including Ku Klux Klan members, surrounded it. Local authorities had given the …

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