Civil rights activist Gwen Patton stands at a podium with Alabama state senator Hank Sanders at a convention of the New South Coalition in Birmingham on January 25, 1986. Patton, Sanders, and others founded the organization that year to promote voter registration, education, and community activism in underserved communities in Alabama.
Hank Sanders and Gwen Patton
Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
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