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J. O. Patterson Jr., Memphis City Council, 1968

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Patterson, James Oglethorpe, 1912-1989
Yellin, David G.
Beifuss, Joan Turner
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Oral history, Interviews, Memphis (Tenn.), City council members, City government, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968, Politics and government
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19680911_J_O_Patterson_Jr-SS075
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http://hdl.handle.net/10267/33917
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This is an interview with J.O. Patterson, Jr. He was one of three black members of the City Council in 1968 and he was also a member of the Tennessee State Legislature. He was a member of the House of Representatives and then, after the summer of 1968, he was State Senator.