J. O. Patterson Jr.

James Oglethorpe Patterson Jr. (28 May 1935 – 25 June 2011) was a Holiness Pentecostal minister in the Church of God in Christ and a former Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, the first African-American to hold the office.

J. O. Patterson Jr.

James Oglethorpe Patterson Jr. (28 May 1935 – 25 June 2011) was a Holiness Pentecostal minister in the Church of God in Christ and a former Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, the first African-American to hold the office.