Question

How did T. Eugene Connor react to civil rights marchers in Birmingham, Alabama? He ordered the use of police dogs and fire hoses against the marchers. He proposed a law to end segregation in Alabama. He met publicly with civil rights leaders. He brought in the National Guard.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A) He ordered the use of police dogs and fire hoses against the marchers.

T. Eugene Connor reacted to civil rights marchers in Birmingham, Alabama in that "He ordered the use of police dogs and fire hoses against the marchers."

Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. has picked Birmingham, Alabama as the city to organize protests and demonstrations because he thought it was the most segregated city in the South of the United States.

Well, yes, it was. And the attitude of the Commissioner of Public Safety of the city of Birmingham really demonstrated the hate and segregation.

Euge Connor(1897-1973) had a nickname: the bull. So, imagine it. As the white supremacist he was, he ordered the use of police dogs and fire hoses against the marchers. He denied civil rights for African Americans and supported racial segregation.