The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Basil Paterson

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Basil Paterson

1/18/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.016

Lawyer, city government appointee, state government appointee, and state senator The Honorable Basil Paterson (1926 - 2014 ) was appointed Secretary of State for New York, and was a New York State senator. Paterson was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 1/18/2007, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 3; Total Run Time: 01h 28m 42s

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Paterson, Basil A.

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Lawyer Basil Alexander Paterson was born on April 27, 1926, in Harlem, New York. Paterson's mother Evangeline Rondon was a secretary for Marcus Garvey. Paterson received his high school diploma in 1942 from De Witt Clinton High School in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City. After working for six months, Paterson entered St. John's College from which he received his B.S. degree in biology in 1948, having spent two years in the Army. Paterson entered St. John's Law School and received his J.D....