Final answer:
959 demonstrators were arrested by Connor's orders.
Step-by-step explanation:
The answer to the question is A) 959.
959 demonstrators were arrested by Bull Connor's orders during the civil rights movement in Birmingham. On May 2nd, more than a thousand African American children marched in the streets of Birmingham, and Bull Connor arrested 959 of them. This event gained national attention and highlighted the brutality faced by civil rights activists.