Birmingham lawyer who fought for 1963 school desegregation dead at 95

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Longtime Birmingham attorney J. Vernon Patrick Jr., died on Oct. 7, 2026, in Houston, Texas. He was 95.
Patrick led efforts to keep Birmingham schools open during desegregation in 1963 and built a national securities litigation practice over five decades.

Longtime Birmingham attorney J. Vernon Patrick Jr., who played a key role during the Birmingham school desegregation crisis in 1963 by helping organize white moderates and liberals to ensure schools complied peacefully with federal integration orders, has died.

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