Eugene Patterson, 89, voice on civil rights, dies Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 8:44 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2013 (AP) — Eugene Patterson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and columnist who helped fellow Southern whites understand the civil rights movement, eloquently reminding the silent majority of its complicity in racist violence, died Saturday evening at his Florida home. Patterson was surrounded by family friends when he ... Read More