Patterson & Sons’ history is a remarkable one. That the only Black-owned automaker, founded by a former slave, found success in a malicious culture for three generations is a phenomenal feat. Remember this was an era defined by virulent racism, from President Woodrow Wilson's segregation of federal workplaces to the popular acclaim of D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation." That resilient Nubian chromosome led to Charles Richard Patterson and his son Frederick being inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2021.
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