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  2. Birmingham Police Department - Wikipedia

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    The Birmingham Police Department ( BPD) is the police department of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States. The department operates in an area of 148.61 square miles across two counties (384.91 km 2) and a population of 212,237 people.

  3. Leroy Stover - Wikipedia

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    Leroy Stover (1932/1933 – November 2, 2023) was an American police officer. Stover was the first black police officer on the Birmingham, Alabama, police force.Serving from 1966 until 1998, Stover rose through the ranks of the Birmingham Police Department to become Deputy Chief in charge of field operations.

  4. Birmingham campaign - Wikipedia

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    Birmingham, Alabama was, in 1963, "probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States", according to King. Although the city's population of almost 350,000 was 60% white and 40% black, Birmingham had no black police officers, firefighters, sales clerks in department stores, bus drivers, bank tellers, or store cashiers. Black ...

  5. Leroy Stover, Birmingham's first Black police officer, dies at 90

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    The City of Birmingham's first Black police officer, Leroy Stover, has died. Birmingham Police on Friday posted about Stover's death on X, formerly known as Twitter. Stover died Thursday, al.com ...

  6. Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks - Wikipedia

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    The Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks, which occurred on May 14, 1961, in Anniston and Birmingham, both Alabama, were acts of mob violence targeted against civil rights activists protesting against racial segregation in the Southern United States. They were carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the National States' Rights Party in ...

  7. Birmingham riot of 1963 - Wikipedia

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    The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night of May 11, 1963. The bombings targeted African-American leaders of the Birmingham campaign. In response, local African-Americans burned businesses and fought police throughout the downtown area.

  8. Bull Connor - Wikipedia

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    Theophilus Eugene " Bull " Connor (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973) was an American politician who served as Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, for more than two decades. A member of the Democratic Party, he strongly opposed the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Under the city commission government, Connor had ...

  9. Johnnie Johnson Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Birmingham Police Department. Service years. 1966–1998. Status. Retired. Rank. Chief. Johnnie Johnson Jr. (born March 26, 1942, in Birmingham, Alabama) [1] is a former police officer. Johnson was the second black police officer on the Birmingham, Alabama police force and the first black officer to become chief of police in Birmingham.

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