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...chief executive of the state of Alabama whirled into action. "Hey," he yelled. "Hey, don't you all kill that toad!" Patterson jumped up from the table and sprinted across the lawn to save a horned toad, a family pet that is consigned by Tuti to a vagabond's life in the garden...
Worst Insult. Back at the table, Patterson told a visitor that he had no apologies to make for any of his actions during the weeks of crisis. The Kennedy Administration was to blame, particularly Bobby Kennedy. "He has no idea of conditions here," said Patterson. "God Almighty, what he's trying to do is provoke a civil war. They try and get you to admit you can't or won't guarantee law enforcement, and then they twist your words because the marshals are on the way anyway. That Bobby Kennedy is just treacherous, that...
Blunt Warning. On a tour of the mansion, Patterson later pointed out a deer head on the wall, paused at a picture of the 1868 Alabama legislature, which had ratified the 14th Amendment guaranteeing citizens "due process" of law. Nearly one-third of the men in the picture were Negroes. "I keep it as a historical curiosity," said Patterson. He gestured toward a picture of Confederate General Joseph ("Fighting Joe") Wheeler.*"I'm related to Wheeler. My mother's mother's mother was a Wheeler...
Before leaving for his office, Governor Patterson fired a parting shot: "If they attempt to integrate the schools, it will be just like last Sunday night...
...just that sort of talk that had helped land John Patterson in his present mess and had brought federal forces into his state. If he had kept his mouth shut and accepted his responsibility to maintain law and order, the Freedom Riders would probably have passed through Alabama with little incident-just as they had passed through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. As the Freedom Riders themselves admit, segregation would have returned to Alabama before their bus was out of sight. Says a CORE lawyer: "A trip like this is like hacking your way through the jungle with...