Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1982
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Jun 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 rights...
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 · 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...
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...
Jun 5, 2021 · John Patterson, whose eight years at the summit of power in Alabama began with resistance to organized crime and ended with battles against the Civil Rights Movement, died on Friday evening.
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.
Apr 15, 2021 · In 1974, John Patterson was abducted by the People’s Liberation Army of Mexico—a group no one had heard of before. The kidnappers wanted $500,000, and insisted that Patterson’s wife deliver ...
Jun 5, 2021 · Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson (D) died Friday night at the age of 99, his family confirmed to multiple media outlets. Patterson’s daughter, Barbara Patterson Scholl, told WSFA in...
Feb 27, 2024 · A self-professed populist, John Patterson attempted major reforms as governor in Alabama’s property-tax assessment system and the funding of education. Most Alabamians recall his governorship not for these largely failed reform efforts, but for his continued support of segregation.
Jun 5, 2021 · MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - John Patterson, former Alabama attorney general and governor, has died, his daughter Barbara Patterson Scholl confirmed. He was 99 years old. Scholl said he died...
