Kay Patterson oral history interview, 2008 June 23
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In this oral history interview, Kay Patterson discusses his educational experiences in South Carolina, descriptions of segregated schools, walking to school, the sports program at his high school and wearing uniforms passed down from white schools, teachers and their teaching styles, his favorite teacher in high school, the beginning of his journey to becoming a state senator, attending Claflin University, servicing in the Marines, finishing school and becoming politically involved at Allen University, some of the people he met, and participating in the movement that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse. The Honorable Kay Patterson was born 1931 in Round Oak, South Carolina, to Leila Prince and James Patterson. Tom Crosby interviewed Kay Patterson in his office in Columbia, South Carolina, on June 23, 2008. Interview covers Patterson's education at elementary schools, including Savage Glover (grades 4-7 in Sumter, S.C.) during the 1930s, at Lincoln High School (Sumter, S.C.) from 1946 to 1949, at Claflin University from 1949 to 1951, and at Allen University from 1954 to 1956.
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Crosby, Tom, 1940- (interviewer)South Caroliniana Library. Office of Oral History
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