[DOC] [TLE] Lester Maddox - Wikipedia [PAR] 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. ... Maddox said that he would close his restaurant rather than 
serve African Americans. An initial group of black demonstrators came to the 
restaurant... [DOC] [TLE] Lester Maddox and the Pickrick Restaurant - Freedom On Film ... [PAR] Maddox and his customers supported segregation and opposed the federal ... In 
1964, he refused to serve three black students and chased them out with a gun ... 
Rather than own an integrated restaurant, Maddox sold the Pickrick to two of his 
... of Georgia voters--Maddox was sworn in as governor on January 10, 1967. [DOC] [TLE] USATODAY.com - Former Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox dead at 87 [PAR] Jun 25, 2003 ... He closed and then sold the Pickrick rather than serve blacks. But fears of racial 
strife during his 1967-71 governorship proved ... He had been chosen as 
governor by the Legislature after no candidate ... Though Maddox once 
brandished a pistol at civil rights protesters in his restaurant, he began his term in
... [DOC] [TLE] Former Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox, a symbol of Old South ... [PAR] Jun 25, 2003 ... He closed and then sold the Pickrick rather than serve blacks. But fears of racial 
strife during his 1967-71 governorship proved unfounded ... He had been chosen 
as governor by the Legislature after no candidate ... Though he once brandished 
a pistol at civil rights protesters in his restaurant because he felt... [DOC] [TLE] Symbol of Old South segregation dies | savannahnow.com ... [PAR] Jun 26, 2003 ... But his fame grew to national proportions in 1964 when a widely ... pistol and 
chasing black protesters from his Pickrick fried chicken restaurant the day after 
the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. ... He closed and then sold the Pickrick 
rather than serve blacks. ... He ran for governor again in 1974 and lost. [DOC] [TLE] Lester Maddox (?-GA), Nets Refuse to ID Party of Segregationist --6 ... [PAR] Maddox gained notoriety in 1964 by defying the civil rights act and later closed 
his Atlanta restaurant rather than serve blacks. He was chosen Governor by the... [DOC] [TLE] Everything Is Pickrick: Bob Short: 9780865546622: Amazon.com ... [PAR] Editorial Reviews. Review. "This breezy new biography of Maddox was written by 
an Atlanta ... Lester Maddox was an anomaly as governor (1967-1971). ... He 
then ran against Howard "Bo" Callaway, the republican candidate, for the top .... 
of his restaurant with a pistol and an axe handle rather than serve blacks) was so
... [DOC] [TLE] The Political Graveyard: Politicians who Died in Hospices [PAR] Ill with bone cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke and died five days later, ... 
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964, 1972; member of 
Ohio state .... closed his restaurant rather than serve black customers; Governor 
of Georgia, 1967-71; candidate in inconclusive election, subsequently chosen 
1966;... [DOC] [TLE] Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- History & Timeline, 1960 [PAR] Nashville Student Movement (1960-1964) ... The sit-ins focused on the lunch-
counters and restaurants, but all forms of ..... And for the first time ever, he makes 
a public call to end segregation by filling the jails through ... Rather than serve 
Blacks, the two stores close their counters until February 23rd when they reopen 
them. [DOC] [TLE] Martin Luther King Jr facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] In the years since his assassination on April 4, 1968, as he stood on the ... 1965; 
Brotherhood Award, 1967, for Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community
?; ... black riders, a first-come-first-serve approach to seating, and black drivers 
for .... Earlier in 1964 he had attended the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
... [DOC] [TLE] Romare Bearden in Black-and- White: Photomontage Projections ... [PAR] Mar

Question: In 1964 he closed his restaurant rather than serve blacks; in 1967 he was chosen governor
Answer: Lester Maddox