Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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Jun 5, 2021 · June 5, 2021. John M. Patterson, a defiant segregationist who defeated and preceded George C. Wallace as the governor of Alabama as the South plunged into the violence and turmoil of the civil...
John Malcolm Patterson (September 27, 1921 – June 4, 2021) was an American politician. He served one term as Attorney General of Alabama from 1955 to 1959, and, at age 37, served one term as the 44th Governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963.
Jun 6, 2021 · John Patterson was a reformer who fought crime and corruption, but also a defender of racial segregation and white supremacy. He was the only person to beat George Wallace in an Alabama election, but also failed to protect the Freedom Riders from violence.
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Jun 5, 2021 · John Patterson, an intractable segregationist Democrat of the 1950s and 1960s who served as Alabama’s attorney general and then governor and belatedly said he came to regret the stances that...
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Jun 5, 2021 · John Patterson was a controversial politician who rose to power after his father's assassination in 1954. He fought organized crime, but also opposed civil rights activists and faced federal intervention during the Freedom Rides in 1961.
Jun 5, 2021 · Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson, a staunch segregationist who later expressed remorse for his efforts to oppose civil rights, has died at age 99. Patterson died on Friday night at home,...
Jun 5, 2021 · By Kim Chandler. Published 2:24 PM PDT, June 5, 2021. Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson, who entered politics as a reformer after his father’s assassination but was criticized for failing to protect the Freedom Riders from angry white mobs, has died. He was 99.
