Arthur J Hanes was 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.
12 Facts About Art Hanes
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Art Hanes graduated from Birmingham-Southern College, playing on both the baseball and football squads, before then earning a law degree from the University of Alabama.
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Art Hanes then became an FBI agent moving on to serve as head of security at Birmingham's Hayes Aircraft in 1951.
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Art Hanes found his niche in the closing weeks of the campaign when he began to emphasize differences toward racial issues between the two men.
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Art Hanes distributed a photo of King shaking the hand of black man, noted his support among blacks during the primary and referred to him as "Washington's candidate," a clear appeal to those opposed to integration.
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The order had demanded for those facilities to be integrated by January 15,1962, but Art Hanes simply cut off $295,000 in park funds and dismissed its employees.
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Shortly afterward, he met with 60 local residents, who implored him to reconsider his order, but Art Hanes remained adamant in his opposition.
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Art Hanes was replaced by Hanes, who had served as a pallbearer at Murphy's funeral, insisted he would "stick to the facts," a nod to the racist appeals made by Murphy in the first case.
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Less than two weeks after that verdict was rendered, Hanes was in court again on another case when he filed a libel suit against Time Inc on behalf of Bernard Lee Akin, Earl B Akin, Tommy A Horne, James Thomas Harris and Oliver Warner Jr.
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Art Hanes refused, but Ray dropped the request soon after meeting with Stoner.
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Ray's brothers had complained that Art Hanes had not negotiated a better deal with Look Magazine on a series of stories on Ray's life, and wanted libel suits filed against a number of magazines that had referred to Ray as King's murderer.
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In 1979, Art Hanes indicated that he was not a racist in spite of all of his past actions and defense of white supremacists.