Crowd at the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, awaiting the release of Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor from jail.
Connor had served a 48-hour sentence for contempt of court after police seized a print of the controversial movie, FRENCH GIRLS CLUB, despite a court order allowing the movie to be shown. Several related photographs were published in the Birmingham News on January 22, 1941, with the following captio...
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Photographs Crowd at the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, awaiting the release of Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor from jail. Fitzpatrick, Jimmy; Colley, Buddy |
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Photographs Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973; Law enforcement officers; Municipal officials--Alabama--Birmingham; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.) |
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Connor had served a 48-hour sentence for contempt of court after police seized a print of the controversial movie, FRENCH GIRLS CLUB, despite a court order allowing the movie to be shown. Several related photographs were published in the Birmingham News on January 22, 1941, with the following caption: "No Parade for Bull - They had a band and hundreds of Police Commissioner Eugene (Bull) Connor's friends ready for a parade from Courthouse to City Hall Wednesday when he was released from County Jail, but Connor passed up the parade with his thanks. But the band, pictured below, serenaded Connor with 'Dixie' and went on to the commissioner's City Hall office to play 'Happy Days Are Here Again.' Shown at top are Connor (right), being welcomed back to City Hall by Commissioners Jimmie Morgan (left) and Cooper Green (center). Inset shows Connor as he departed from the jail, after paying 60 cents food bill required by a 1907 statute." |
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BN0028183_11BN0028183Crowd at the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, awaiting the release of Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor from jail.Connor had served a 48-hour sentence for contempt of court after police seized a print of the controversial movie, FRENCH GIRLS CLUB, despite a court order allowing the movie to be shown. Several related photographs were published in the Birmingham News on January 22, 1941, with the following caption: "No Parade for Bull - They had a band and hundreds of Police Commissioner Eugene (Bull) Connor's friends ready for a parade from Courthouse to City Hall Wednesday when he was released from County Jail, but Connor passed up the parade with his thanks. But the band, pictured below, serenaded Connor with 'Dixie' and went on to the commissioner's City Hall office to play 'Happy Days Are Here Again.' Shown at top are Connor (right), being welcomed back to City Hall by Commissioners Jimmie Morgan (left) and Cooper Green (center). Inset shows Connor as he departed from the jail, after paying 60 cents food bill required by a 1907 statute."1941-01-221940-1949Fitzpatrick, Jimmy; Colley, BuddyBirmingham NewsC1-04020Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973; Law enforcement officers; Municipal officials--Alabama--Birmingham; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives1200 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/147265 |
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Crowd at the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, awaiting the release of Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor from jail. |
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Crowd at the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, awaiting the release of Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor from jail. |
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Fitzpatrick, Jimmy; Colley, Buddy |
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Fitzpatrick, Jimmy; Colley, Buddy |
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