Pj patterson biography of martin luther king
Biography of martin luther king.
Pj patterson biography of martin luther king
Patterson, John Malcolm
September 27, to June 4,
Patterson’s gubernatorial term in Alabama was a turbulent one due to his enforcement of state-sponsored segregation and the increase of civil rights activity in Alabama.
During his tenure as governor the student sit-in movement was taking hold, and Martin Luther King was indicted for perjury for his and Alabama income tax returns (see State of Alabama v.
M. L. King, Jr.). King felt that the charges against him were an “attempt on the part of the state of Alabama to harass me for the role that I have played in the civil rights struggle” (Papers ).
Patterson, born in Goldville, Alabama, received his law degree from the University of Alabama in In he was elected attorney general of Alabama, and, in reaction to the Montgomery bus boycott, in he successfully barred the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from participating in activities in the stat