前南卡罗来纳参议员Kay Patterson, 民权倡导者, 于93岁去世。 Former South Carolina Senator Kay Patterson, a civil rights advocate, has died at 93.

前南卡罗来纳参议员Kay Patterson, 从在隔离的州立法院当清洁工到在州立法院服务30多年, 于93岁去世。 Former South Carolina Senator Kay Patterson, who rose from being a janitor at the segregated Statehouse to serving over 30 years in the state legislature, has died at 93. Patterson是公民权利、公共教育和帮助穷人的有力倡导者。 Patterson was a strong advocate for civil rights, public education, and helping the poor. 他也是自重建以来在南卡罗来纳大学董事会任职的第一位黑人,并在将联邦国旗从国家大厦移出方面发挥了关键作用。 He was also the first Black person to serve on the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees since Reconstruction and played a key role in removing the Confederate flag from the Statehouse.