How did Eugene "Bull" Conner help Martin Luther King's civil rights efforts in 1963?
A) King hired Conner as a public relations adviser to gain the support of northern whites.
B) Televised reports of Conner's violent attacks against protesters and their children horrified the public and pushed JFK to act.
C) King asked Conner to organize the march on D.C. in August.
D) King persuaded Conner to become the first southern leader to support the desegregation of schools.
E) King encouraged Conner to lobby President Kennedy concerning new civil rights legislation
B
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