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Timeline of Direct Action Founder in America
By Dr. Patrick ODougherty
Life on a Direct Action Blotter
1946 Patrick Aquinas ODougherty is born in the St. Cloud hospital in St. Cloud, MN
To James and Patricia ODougherty. He is the first of five children.
The family moves to White Bear Lake where Ben Kern, a Startribune journalist, was a neighbor.
In the early 1950s Fort Custer Michigan is their home where Patrick, learns the lessons of an officer's son, duty and honor!
The family moves to 4104 Bryant Avenue South while James ODougherty attends law school and the street cars are discontinued!
Goes to work for Hubert Humphrey at age 6 and is given a leadership position after a HHH talk at the Labor Building in the near North!
Published at age 11 at St Thomas the Apostle Grade School in South Minneapolis in the Civil Rights issues and underground railroad stories.
1964 is his first year at SJU where he had Reverend Coleman Barry and Dorothy Day for Mentors!
Patrick transfers to the University of Minnesota where the becomes a founding member of Students for a Democratic Society and Direct Action.
Graduates from the University of Minnesota in 1968 with a Triple major in history social studied and education.
MA in 1974 in History
1983-1989 runs family apartment business in the Central HS, and Eric Severaid neighborhood of South Minneapolis.
Guild Hall, St. Paul, MN 1976-1983, takes computer classes at Central High in St. Paul, MN.
Civil Rights leader and New Freedom School Founder in Atlanta, GA
1995 Patrick teaches in General College at the University of Minnesota with Cheryl Mandy!
Ford Hall Gang member and author!
Benedictine Oblate, 1983
Travels to Europe with backpacking and hostels in Ireland, 1985
1993, PhD David noble University of Minnesota-
Newman Center University of Minnesota, IASA Terry Gips and the Newman Center case!
1989-1995.
Pastors for Peace to Cuba Fellowship winner, 1998
Alliant Tech Case, Alliant Action-the land mine case, Jody Williams, 1999
Arise Bookstore Founder, Whittier Writer's School author tradition!
2000 Millenium trip to Ireland, student at Universty of Chicago Graham School of Publishing!
2001 United States Olympics Press Person
2002Anoka Case and Founding Editor of the Anoka Voice
2011 a return to Cuba with 100 tons if humanitarian Aid with his roommate, Reverend Lucius Walker, Yo soy un hombre sincero.
Featured in Grandma and La Prensa, 2011
A parallel life with Barack Obama leading to the validating of his administration.
Validating Obamacare with Organizing for America in St. Paul, Mn 2013
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