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Lester Maddox papers

Materials belonging to Georgia governor and businessman Lester Maddox dating from 1915/2003

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Creator
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003

Date of Original
1915/2003

Subject
Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta
Speeches, addresses, etc.--Georgia
Pickrick Cafeteria (Atlanta, Ga.)
Georgia--Politics and government
Gospel music--Georgia

People
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003

Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Medium
sound recordings

Type
Sound

Description
The collection includes an audio recording of a July 10, 1964 news conference by Maddox explaining his resistance to the 1964 Civil Rights Act; and a series of gospel tunes sung by Maddox.

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/geh_135

Language
eng

Contributing Institution
Atlanta History Center

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1. If I Go To Jail, 1964

Creator:: Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Lester Maddox Papers
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

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