McFadden John M. Patterson, a defiant segregationist who defeated and preceded George C. Wallace as the governor of Alabama ... The Associated Press reported. In a state where white supremacy ...

John Patterson, an intractable segregationist Democrat of the 1950s and 1960s who served as Alabama’s attorney general and then governor and ... a landmark in press freedom.

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 ...

John Patterson, governor of Alabama from 1958 to 1963, won election as a staunch segregationist. Patterson discusses his response to the Freedom Rides and his decision to refuse a phone call from ...