03414nam 2200661 a 450 991045475230332120200520144314.00-8173-8056-6(CKB)1000000000774958(EBL)454558(OCoLC)609303428(SSID)ssj0000218894(PQKBManifestationID)11173334(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218894(PQKBWorkID)10229122(PQKB)11318616(MiAaPQ)EBC454558(OCoLC)567999096(MdBmJHUP)muse8863(Au-PeEL)EBL454558(CaPaEBR)ebr10309023(EXLCZ)99100000000077495820071012d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPatterson for Alabama[electronic resource] the life and career of John Patterson /Gene HowardTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20081 online resource (267 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1605-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-250) and index.Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Looking for a Rainbow in Phenix City; 2. From El Guettar to the University; 3. Praying the Devil Out of Town; 4. The RBA Challenges the Gangsters; 5. Albert Patterson Beats the Mob; 6. Assassins Make a Politician of John Patterson; 7. Trying His Father's Murderers; 8. Bankrupting the Loan Sharks; 9. Playing Cops and Robbers with the Folsomites; 10. Patterson Sets His Sights on Integration; 11. The Montgomery Bus Boycott Changes Alabama Forever; 12. Nobody but the People; 13. Alabama Elects a Boy Governor; 14. Trying to Build a "Better Alabama"15. Battling Black Belters and Courting Kennedy16. MLK, Castro, and a New Romance; 17. Freedom Riders Tarnish Patterson Administration; 18. Scandal Spoils Patterson's Big Finish; 19. Twice Embarrassed at the Polls; Conclusion; Appendix: The Patterson Cabinet; Notes; IndexJohn Patterson, Alabama governor from 1959 to 1963, was thrust into the Alabama political arena after the brutal murder of his father, attorney general Albert Patterson in 1954. Allowed by the Democratic Party to take his father's place and to complete the elder's goal of cleaning up corruption in his hometown Phenix City, Patterson made a young, attractive, and sympathetic candidate. Patterson for Alabama details his efforts to clean up his hometown, oppose corruption in the administration of Governor Big Jim Folsom, and to resist school desegregation. Popular on all three counts,GovernorsAlabamaBiographyLawyersAlabamaBiographyJudgesAlabamaBiographyAlabamaPolitics and government1951-AlabamaSocial conditions20th centuryPhenix City (Ala.)History20th centuryAlabamaBiographyElectronic books.GovernorsLawyersJudges976.1/063092BHoward Gene L.1940-1033929MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454752303321Patterson for Alabama2452751UNINA