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Howard, Gene L., 1940-
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Patterson for Alabama : the life and career of John Patterson / Gene Howard |
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Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2008] |
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F330.3.P27 H68 2008 |
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Contents
| 1 | Looking for a rainbow in Phenix City | 1 |
| 2 | From El Guettar to the university | 8 |
| 3 | Praying the devil out of town | 16 |
| 4 | The RBA challenges the gangsters | 25 |
| 5 | Albert Patterson beats the mob | 34 |
| 6 | Assassins make a politician of John Patterson | 48 |
| 7 | Trying his father's murderers | 64 |
| 8 | Bankrupting the loan sharks | 73 |
| 9 | Playing cops and robbers with the Folsomites | 80 |
| 10 | Patterson sets his sights on integration | 90 |
| 11 | The Montgomery bus boycott changes Alabama forever | 99 |
| 12 | Nobody but the people | 110 |
| 13 | Alabama elects a boy governor | 140 |
| 14 | Trying to build a "better Alabama" | 150 |
| 15 | Battling black belters and courting Kennedy | 159 |
| 16 | MLK, Castro, and a new romance | 171 |
| 17 | Freedom riders tarnish Patterson administration | 182 |
| 18 | Scandal spoils Patterson's big finish | 200 |
| 19 | Twice embarrassed at the polls | 213 |
| | Conclusion | 223 |
| App | The Patterson cabinet | 227 |
| | Notes | 229 |
| | Index | 251 |