- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Gene Patterson (b. 1923)
- Creator:
- White, Otis
- Date of Original:
- 2011-02-01
- Subject:
- Journalists--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Patterson, Eugene C. (Eugene Corbett), 1923-2013
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Gene Patterson, an influential editor of the Atlanta Constitution, who was known for his thundering daily columns in defense of civil rights and against the violence sweeping the South in the 1960s. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1967, and in 1985 he founded Georgia Trend, a monthly business magazine.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/gene-patterson-1923-2013/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Ralph "Country" Brown (1921-1997)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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