Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980

Authoritative Name:

Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980

Biography:

Black communist lawyer and civil rights activist. In 1951, he joined actor and activist Paul Robeson, to present to the United Nations the petition, We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government against the Negro People (1951).

Alternate Names:

Mr. Civil Rights, 1890-1980

Associated Subjects:

Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

2 items in 2 collections (expand all)

Anne Braden Oral History Project

University of Kentucky

(1)

Interview with Anne Braden, March 8 and 9, 1989

Creator:

Braden, Anne, 1924-2006

Date of Original:

1989-03-08/1989-03-09

Collection:

Anne Braden Oral History Project

Contributing Institution:

University of Kentucky

With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty

Library of Congress

(1)

William L. Patterson, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, to Walter White congratulating White on the NAACP's victory in Brown v. Board of Education, May 17, 1954

Creator:

Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980

Date of Original:

1954-05-17

Collection:

With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty

Contributing Institution:

Library of Congress