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Nov 1, 2020 · Sixty years ago, six college students sat down together for a cup of coffee at the lunch counter at Patterson’s Drug Store in downtown Lynchburg. But because two of those students were Black, all six were arrested and charged with trespassing.
Charles "Rich" Richard Patterson (1833 – 1910) was an African-American carriage manufacturer, entrepreneur and civil rights activist; he founded precursor companies to C.R. Patterson and Sons. [1] [2] [3]
Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer from the state of Virginia. She is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first country music artists to cross over into pop music .
Charles Richard (C.R.) Patterson was an American entrepreneur who, in 1893, started the C.R. Patterson & Sons carriage company. C.R. Patterson & Sons grew to be the first and only black-owned and operated automobile company on the continent. CR Patterson was born free, in the state of Virginia in 1833. He was the youngest of 13 children.
- David Pender Grocery Company
- L. W. Rogers Grocery Company
- Colonial Stores
The chain evolved from Norfolk, Virginia's D. P. Pender Grocery Stores, the first of which opened in 1900. In its early years the company used horse drawn wagons to deliver goods to customers. In 1919 Pender opened a second grocery store in Norfolk, later expanding to more locations in Central and Eastern Virginia. Pender retired on January 1, 1926...
L. W. Rogers opened the first of his grocery stores in Atlanta, Georgia in 1892. In the next twenty years the company expanded to other locations in Georgia and South Carolina.By 1926 Rogers' company was owned by National Food Products Corporation.
In 1937 National Food Products opened two combined Pender-Rogers self-service supermarkets, under the name "Big Star", in Griffin, Georgia and Greensboro, North Carolina. Subsequently some smaller stores were also opened under the name "Little Star". In 1940 the chains were officially combined under the name Colonial Stores, Inc.In 1947 the company...
Mar 13, 2024 · Born into slavery on a Virginia plantation in 1833, Charles Richard Patterson or C.R. Patterson fled north to Greenfield, Ohio with his loved ones in the 1850s where he established himself as a blacksmith.
Competition from malls in upscale neighboring towns like Wayne and Paramus forced large chain stores out of Paterson's downtown. With the decline of the city's industrial base, small businesses became the city's most prominent businesses.
