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Telegram from Governor John Patterson to Mayor Fred Wilson in Monroe, North Carolina.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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In the message Patterson discusses the Freedom Riders who recently entered Monroe, expressing support and sympathy: "I wish to commend you for your strong stand for good law enforcement and the position that you have taken against the so-called freedom riders who are nothing more than outside racial agitators and law violators...We here in Alabama have experienced an invasion of our state by these lawless elements who call themselves freedom riders and who are encouraged and backed by the Department of Justice in Washington." Copies of the telegram were sent to Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Governor Terry Sanford of North Carolina.
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600 Ppi Tiff
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1961 August 28 1961 08 28
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130