Art Hanes
Politician
1916 – 1997
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Who was Art Hanes?
Arthur J. Hanes served as mayor of Birmingham, Alabama between 1961 and 1963, a tumultuous time that saw the city become a focal point in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement during the Birmingham campaign. Hanes, who served just one term as mayor, was part of a three-man commission that ran the city, a trio which included police commissioner Eugene Connor. Hanes would also serve as legal counsel for defendants in two important murder cases connected to the civil rights movement.
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