Dr. Ruth Patterson and Leo Williams with ASALH banner during parade, 1979 [graphic]. 1979.

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Dr. Ruth Patterson and Leo Williams with ASALH banner during parade, 1979 [graphic]. 1979.

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Ruth Polk Patterson (August 10, 1930-July, 1988) with Leo Williams beside a car in front of Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. A banner on the right rear side of then automobile reads, "Roots, Achievement & Protection. Little Rock Branch of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History." After marrying Thomas Edward Patterson in 1949, Ruth Polk Patterson became a teacher for the Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas school system and wrote a book about her family called "The Seed of Sally Goon'n, a black family of Arkansas, 1833-1953" in 1985.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Arkansas History Commission

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Arkansas State Capitol (Little Rock, Ark.)

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Patterson, Ruth Polk, 1930-

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Hubbell, Ken

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Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Williams, L. N. (Leon Norman), 1914-1999

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