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Lester Maddox

Governor of Georgia

Died when: 87 years 268 days (1052 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Lester Maddox

Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 75th governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971.

A populist Democrat, Maddox came to prominence as a staunch segregationist when he refused to serve black customers in his Atlanta restaurant, the Pickrick, in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

He later served as Georgia lieutenant governor under Jimmy Carter.


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