Louise Alone Thompson Patterson (September 9, 1901 – August 27, 1999) was an American social activist and college professor. Thompson was acquainted with many of the leading literary figures during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, spending most of her life involved in civil rights. Thompson Patterson is also known as one of the first black women to be enrolled into the University of California at Berkeley.
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9 September 1901 Chicago, Illinois
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Died |
27 August 1999 (aged 97) New York City
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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