Lester Maddox
| September 30, 1915 |
Lester Maddox is born, Atlanta, Georgia
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Lester Maddox |
| July 3, 1964 |
A day after the signing of the Civil Rights bill, 5 ministers visit Pickrick Restaurant, a whites-only establishment owned by Lester Maddox. Descriptions of the events that occurred that day varies widely, but Maddox will be charged with assault
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Lester Maddox |
| February 5, 1965 |
Lester Maddox, as owner of the Pickrick Restaurant, is ordered by Judge Hooper to end discrimination at the restaurant or close. Maddox chooses to close the restaurant rather than serve blacks
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Frank A. Hooper |
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Lester Maddox |
| April 21, 1965 |
Lester Maddox makes a plea to all-white jury, asking them to acquit him of charges against him over an incident that occurred on July 3, 1964 at Maddox's Pickrick Restaurant. After 47 minutes of deliberation, they acquitted Maddox.
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Lester Maddox |
| September 15, 1966 |
In one of the tightest races for governor in the history of the state, Ellis Arnell, Lester Maddox, Jimmy Carter and James Grey all finish with more than 150,000 votes. Arnell and Maddox are forced into a run-off
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Jimmy Carter |
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1966 Election for Governor of Georgia |
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Lester Maddox |
| September 28, 1966 |
Lester Maddox defeats Ellis Arnell in a Democratic run-off. Arnell announces he will run for governor as a third-party candidate
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1966 Election for Governor of Georgia |
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Lester Maddox |
| November 8, 1966 |
No one wins the Election for governor of Georgia. "Bo" Callaway, Republican, wins the popular vote but not a majority, thanks to Ellis Arnell's third party run for the position. According to Georgia law at the time the legislature must decide the outcome. They choose segregationist Lester Maddox (Democrat) to the lead the state.
Final totals in the election:
Howard H. "Bo" Callaway: 449,894 (47.07%)
Lester G. Maddox: 448,044 (46.88%)
Ellis G. Arnall: 57,832 (6.05%) |
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Lester Maddox |
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1966 Election for Governor of Georgia |
| April 9, 1968 |
Martin Luther King's funeral is held in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Lester Maddox, governor of the state at the time, refuses to close the state government in honor of the slain Civil Rights leader, or attend the funeral. Maddox felt King was an "enemy of the country." The governor additionally stationed 64 riot-helmeted state troopers at the entrances of the capitol to protect "the property of the state." |
| April 9, 1968 |
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Lester Maddox |
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Martin Luther King
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| June 24, 2003 |
Lester Maddox, 87, a segregationist who governed Georgia as a moderate Democrat, died in an Atlanta hospice as a result of a fall.
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Lester Maddox |
Unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Atlanta (1956),
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