Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr., 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, in defiance of the Civil Rights Act. Later he served as Lieutenant Governor under Jimmy Carter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 September 1915
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America