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Rip Patton

James Lawson, RIP

John Fea   |  June 10, 2024

Lawson was the non-violent activist who mentored the young men and women involved in the Nashville Student Movement. I had a chance to meet one of his students, Rip Patton, in June 2017. I wrote a little bit about my […]

Rip Patton, freedom rider, RIP

John Fea   |  August 27, 2021

Today I learned from my friend and colleague Todd Allen that yet another veteran of the civil rights movement has passed away. Here is the Associated Press: Ernest β€œRip” Patton, a member of the Nashville Freedom Riders and civil rights […]