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[[File:LesterMaddox.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Lester Maddox (pointing gun) and his son (waving axe handle) try to prevent Black protester from entering his Pickrick restaurant, this week 1964—Maddox was elected Governor of Georgia 1966" - Historian Michael Beschloss.<ref>https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1278395843322789889</ref>]]
[[File:LesterMaddox.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Lester Maddox (pointing gun) and his son (waving axe handle) try to prevent Black protester from entering his Pickrick restaurant, this week 1964—Maddox was elected Governor of Georgia 1966" - Historian Michael Beschloss.<ref>https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1278395843322789889</ref>]]
[[File:Lester Maddox of GA.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Another photo of Governor Lester Maddox]]
'''Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr.''' (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003), was the 75th [[Governor]] of the U.S. state of [[Georgia]] for the single term from January 11, 1967, to January 12, 1971. A lifelong [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he championed [[segregation]], and like contemporary [[liberals]], advocated the threat and use of violence to achieve political ends.<ref>http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=34f8224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD</ref> He later served on the same ticket with [[Jimmy Carter]]'s as [[Lieutenant Governor]].
'''Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr.''' (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003), was the 75th [[Governor]] of the U.S. state of [[Georgia]] for the single term from January 11, 1967, to January 12, 1971. A lifelong [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he championed [[segregation]], and like contemporary [[liberals]], advocated the threat and use of violence to achieve political ends.<ref>http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=34f8224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD</ref> He later served on the same ticket with [[Jimmy Carter]]'s as [[Lieutenant Governor]].