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Posted 4 months ago

Eugene C. Patterson (1923-2013)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/us/eugene-c-patterson-editor-and-civil-rights-crusader-dies-at-89.html?smid=tu-share

I got to meet Gene Patterson a few times in St. Pete. His death is a huge loss not just for journalism, but for everybody. And his 1963 column “A Flower for the Graves” has all too much resonance today.