The Birmingham Campaign

Who is this?

• Martin Luther King

• Bull Connor

• Malcolm X

• Ralph Abernathy

What year did the Birmingham campaign occur?

• 1960

• 1963

• 1968

• 1970

Bull Connor was elected the Commissioner of Public Safety

• True

• False

Bull Connor's role in Birmingham had him overseeing the fire and police departments

• True

• False

Bull Connor was elected the Mayor of Birmingham

• False

• True

What action had Connor taken in 1961 that showed his perspective on blacks getting equal rights?

• Ordered police to stay away from an area where white supremacist's planned an attack on Freedom Riders

• Had hundreds of black protestors arrested at a protest to desegregate a school in Birmingham

• Wrote a famous public article that argued against desegregation

How many students did Connor have arrested on the day that King arranged hundreds of students to join the protests

• 200

• 700

• 1200

• 3000

What did Bull Connor order used on protestors that drew a lot of attention from the country?

• High pressure water hoses and police dogs

• Non-lethal firearms

• Tear gas

• The army

Who said "I am saying now to these meddlers from out of our city the best thing for them to do is stay out if they don't want to get slapped in jail"

• King

• Connor

• Rosa Parks

• Governor George Wallace

Connor was born in 1897 in which US state?

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Mississippi

• Alabama