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  1. Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 75th governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. A populist Southern Democrat , Maddox came to prominence as a staunch segregationist [1] when he refused to serve black customers in his Atlanta restaurant, the Pickrick, in ...

  2. 25 de jun. de 2003 · By Richard Severo. June 25, 2003. Lester Maddox, the Atlanta restaurant owner and archsegregationist who adopted the pick handle as his symbol of defiance in a successful bid for the Georgia...

  3. 20 de abr. de 2004 · Lester Maddox. The tumultuous political and social change in Georgia during the 1960s yielded perhaps the state’s most unlikely governor, Lester Maddox. Brought to office in 1966…

  4. Lester Maddox. Lestor Maddox locks the doors to the Pickrick restaurant rather than integrating it in 1965. Toward the end of his life, Governor Lester Maddox expressed few regrets and made no apologies for his segregationist beliefs or any of the other political stances he had taken over his career. Courtesy of Special Collections & Archives ...

  5. Lester Maddox. September 30, 1915 - Atlanta. He was a high school dropout who would be governor. Born in Atlanta, Lester Maddox worked at the Bell Bomber factory in Marietta during World War II. He opened the Pickrick Restaurant in Atlanta in 1947. It became the focal point of his fierce opposition to integration and civil rights.