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  • Freedom Riders: American Experience

American Experience | The Governor: A Short Film from Freedom Riders | PBS

Duration: 04:43
Program: Freedom Riders: American Experience #2311

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 President John F. Kennedy when the Freedom Riders encountered mob violence in Birmingham.

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Post Date: September 21, 2010