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John M. Patterson

John M. Patterson

Attorney and former Governor of AlabamaWikipedia

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Sep 24, 2026

Weird Little Guys

Weird Little Guys

Brown v Board of Education v The Pioneer Fund, Pt 2

Sep 24 · 1 Mention

Molly CongerHOST
21:48
We'll circle back.
Molly CongerHOST
21:51
The governor of Alabama at the time was John Patterson, a man who beat George Wallace by, if you can believe it, being more racist than George Wallace, which does not sound possible.
Molly CongerHOST
22:03
But I guess we can trust the Ku Klux Klan on this subject because he was their guy.
Molly CongerHOST
22:10
Patterson wanted to use state funds to commission an official scientific report that could be used in the event that Alabama ever faced a serious legal challenge to segregation.

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