President Lyndon Johnson's Executive Order that sent my dad, James G. Patterson, and his fellow Alabama National Guardsmen to protect Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other marchers at Selma, Alabama, March 1965.
Due to my family connection to Selma, Alabama's Film Commission secured me a role in 2015's Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning film "Selma." My scenes with actor Tim Roth were filmed in Atlanta GA on Father's Day weekend 2014.
Jim Patterson is a writer/speaker/former US diplomat who resides in Washington DC. Message JEPDiplomat@com for speaking availability.
Jim Patterson note: Robert McNamara was Secretary of Defense at the time of the above EO was issued. International attention to the march influenced my career in the Foreign Service. Nobel Peace Prize recipient Ralph Johnson Bunche participated in the march.
