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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 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 Tiffin Patterson (April 4, 1940 – February 7, 2005) was a television director known for his work on drama series, who also made television films. He directed thirteen episodes of The Sopranos, including the first five season finales. Patterson was born in Buffalo, New York.
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...
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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.
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. He...
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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 ...
