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Administration. >> martin luther king decided that they should have major demonstrations only in areas that local law enforcement would react violently. >> do you think you can keep birmingham in the present situation of segregation? >> i may not be able to do it, but i'll die trying. >> bull conner has a well-known identity as one of the hardest hardliners in defense of segregation. he encouraged the hiring of klansmen on his police force. >> king is assuming that bull conner is going to provide the pictures and the footage they need to outrage the country. >> police commissioner bull conner ...

Of adults. officers quickly moved in to make arrests under the direction of conner. police overflowed juvenile hall with the youthful demonstrators. all kinds of vehicles were pressed in service to house them. the sheriff's department estimated upwards of 400 had been arrested. >> instead of 14 adults, you had 600 teenagers and the next day a thousand and that's when the dogs and hoses came out. >> of course what he was doing, was exactly what the head of the civil rilts movement wanted him to do, to create the theater

>> king very wisely sees an opportunity to give more exposure to the civil rights movement and prod the kennedy administration. >> martin luther king decided that they should have major demonstrations only in areas that local law enforcement would react violently. >> do you think you can keep birmingham in the present situation of segregation? >> i may not be able to do it, but i'll die trying. >> beau conner has a well-known identity as one of the hardest hardliners in defensive segregation. he encouraged the hiring of klansmen on his police force. >> king is assuming that beau conner is goin...

Not guilty because no one saw them pull the trigger. i'm tired of that. don't bow down anymore. hold your heads up. we want our freedom now. i don't want to have to go to another memorial. i'm tired of it. >> the arrests had started before dawn. in all, fbi men picked up 21 men. included in the group were the chief law officers sheriff lawrence rainy and cecil price, they were murdered by ku klux

Exposure to the civil rights movement and prod the kennedy administration. >> martin luther king decided that they should have major demonstrations, only in areas at local law enforcement would react violently. >> do you think you can keep birmingham in the present situation of segregation? >> i may not be able to do it, but i'll do trying. >> bill conner has a well-known identity as one of the hardest hard liners in defense of segregation. he encouraged the hiring of clansmen on his police force. >> king is assuming that bill conner is going to provide the pictures and footage they need to ou...