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Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor was an American politician who was Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, for more than two decades. A lifelong member of the Democratic Par
Connor in 1960
Dixiecrat
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The States' Rights Democratic Party, also colloquially referred to as the Dixiecrat Party, was a short-lived segregationist, states' rights, and Southern Democratic political party in the United State
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…National Convention, Connor led the Alabama delegation in a walkout when the national party included a civil rights plank in its platform. The offshoot States' Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats) nominated Strom Thurmond for president at its convention in Birmingham's Municipal Auditorium. Connor's second run for governor failed in…
Strom Thurmond, c 1961
Fielding L. Wright, 1948