Oral history interview with Connie H. Pitts, 2000 October 30 and 31.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Oral history interview with Connie H. Pitts, 2000 October 30 and 31.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/406626096

Interview with Connie H. Pitts, a Navy veteran and law enforcement officer, concerning his experiences while serving with the Birmingham, Alabama, Police Department during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s. His youth in a rural segregated community in Alabama; contacts with African-American servicemen while a member of the SeaBees during World War II; decision to join the Birmingham Police Department, 1946; lack of proper law enforcement training; his promotion to detective; attitudes of policemen toward the African-American community; abuses by the police department toward the African-American community; attitudes of the African-American community toward the Birmingham Police Department; zoning problems, housing, and bombings in the 1950s; attendance at the FBI Academy, Washington, DC, 1956; school desegregation incidents; comments about Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety, Eugene ("Bull") Connor; dealings with the Citizens Council of Alabama and other white supremacist groups; sit-ins and demonstrations; freedom riders; tactics used for crowd control; comments about Alabama Governor George Wallace; bombing of the Gaston Motel, May, 1963; comments about Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders.

95 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7428633

University of North Texas Library, UNT

Related Entities

There are 17 Entities related to this resource.

Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kt7jhc (person)

Ralph David Abernathy (1926-1990) was a minister, civil rights leader, and confidant of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr....

University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c6r4q (corporateBody)

Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66n3x84 (person)

George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Alabama for four terms. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During his tenure, he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. Wallace notoriously opposed deseg...

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs5m3z (person)

Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

Pitts, Stanley

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gx79pt (person)

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ck38n2 (corporateBody)

Pitts, Connie H., 1921-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gj2gnr (person)

Alabama Community History Oral History Project.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6131tss (corporateBody)

Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6835hpd (person)

Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x38p5s (corporateBody)

The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...

United States. Navy. Seabees

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64787k1 (corporateBody)

Citizens Council of Alabama

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63n84dc (corporateBody)

A.G. Gaston Motel (Birmingham, Ala.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ht8qss (corporateBody)

Carter, Asa E., 1925-1979

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t3k8q (person)

Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j0jcr (corporateBody)

Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gt5x49 (person)

Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth (1922- ), Baptist minister and civil rights activist, resided in Birmingham, Alabama. From the description of Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth papers, 1953-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476539 ...

FBI Academy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b62ktj (corporateBody)