- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of William K. Patterson
- Creator:
- Jones, Sean W.
Tate, Candy
Patterson, William K., 1945- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2017-12-21
- Subject:
- Military bases--Georgia--Atlanta
Veterans--United States
Race discrimination--United States
United States. Air Force Reserve
United States. Air Force
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History - People:
- Hutchins, Frederick Emmanuel, 1920-1991
- Location:
- Panama, Howard Air Force Base, 32.2140258, -101.520667310532
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, 33.919538, -84.51632
United States, Texas, Bexar County, Lackland Air Force Base, 29.38663, -98.61797 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Bill Patterson recalls his 34-year career in the United States Air Force. He describes his family's history of military service and explains how and why he joined the Air Force. He recalls his training and an early assignment as a training supervisor of a 380-man unit. He describes his role in setting up a bi-racial committee at Dobbins Air Force Base and what he learned in his work there to improve career opportunities for people of color on the base. He recalls how he became a member and later the president of the Atlanta Chapter Tuskegee Airmen and how he got to know many of the original Tuskegee Airmen before they passed away. He explains the struggle to get a street on Dobbins Air Force Base named after the Tuskegee Airmen and describes the philanthropic work that the Atlanta Chapter of that organization performs. This interview is conducted by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Atlanta Branch.
94th Logistic Support Squadron; Chief Cecil Ray; Major Rogers (Black female Major); AFSC's; Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.);
Bill Patterson served in the United States Air Force during and after the Vietnam era. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/844
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:22:38
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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