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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.
Nov 1, 2011 · The bizarre “three governors” incident of 1966. By. Paul Crater. - November 1, 2011. In the Georgia Gubernatorial Election of November 1966, Lester Maddox rode a wave of resentment over the...
May 16, 2024 · Atlanta cafeteria owner Lester Maddox, left, shoves one of several Black men who attempted to integrate his restaurant in 1964. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. Maddox used newspaper...
Jun 25, 2003 · Lester Maddox, the restaurateur who became a symbol of segregationist defiance and then Georgia governor in a fluke election, died Wednesday, family members said. He was 87. Maddox, who had...
Jun 25, 2003 · ATLANTA (AP) - Lester Maddox, the restaurateur whose segregationist defiance propelled him into the governorship in a fluke election in the 1960s, died Wednesday. He was 87.
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.
Jun 26, 2003 · Lester Maddox, who has died aged 87, achieved notoriety in the 1960s when he handed out axe handles, known as Maddox drumsticks, to customers at the Pickrick, his "whites only" Atlanta chicken...
