Question

Birmingham police chief Eugene "Bull" Connor used dogs and fire hoses to discourage civil rights marchers. Who actually benefited most from those tactics?

A) White racist who kept Birmingham from changing its segregation policies
B) Bull Connor, who was called a hero and given a medal by President Kennedy
C) White citizens who believed they were protected from the civil rights marchers
D) The civil rights movement, because the whole world could see the ugly face of racism

Answer 1

The civil rights movement benefitted the most because the nation and the world could see the ugly face of Jim Crow.

Explanation: Civil rights tactics were designed to dramatize the hateful face of Jim Crow.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) the civil right movement, because the whole world could see the ugly face of racism

The Civil Right movement actually benefited from the Police tactics.

Birmingham police chief Eugene Connor used dogs and fire hoses to discourage civil rights marchers. But instead, what happened was that American people could see the terrible face of racism and the way it oppressed African Americans. When people saw the police reaction to try to suppress the black people right to express themselves through the protest, the civil rights movement gained more adepts.