Lester Maddox

GPTKB entity

Properties (82)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:affiliation Southern Democrats
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Georgia_State_Legislature
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_Georgia_State_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-09-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia,_USA
gptkbp:burialPlace Westview Cemetery
gptkbp:campaigns States'_rights
gptkbp:children gptkb:Lester_Maddox_Jr.
gptkbp:civicEngagement Community_events_in_Georgia.
gptkbp:community Leadership in local organizations.
gptkbp:community_service Died of natural causes.
gptkbp:communityImpact Influence on local communities.
gptkbp:communityInvolvement Local honors.
gptkbp:controversy Restaurant's_refusal_to_serve_black_customers
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Critiqued_in_cultural_discussions.
gptkbp:culturalImpact Representation of 1960s Southern politics.
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Featured in films.
gptkbp:deathDate 2003-06-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia,_USA
Westview_Cemetery.
gptkbp:debutYear Lived_in_Atlanta.
gptkbp:depictedIn Documentaries about civil rights.
gptkbp:descendant Maddox descendants.
gptkbp:education gptkb:Georgia_State_University
gptkbp:electionYear Controversial decisions.
gptkbp:family Maddox_family.
gptkbp:famousFor Controversial stance on civil rights
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Lester_Garfield_Maddox
gptkbp:historical_analysis Analyzed in political studies.
gptkbp:historicalContext Civil Rights Era.
gptkbp:historicalImpact Debate on race relations.
Impact_on_Southern_history.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Debate on his policies.
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Documented in archives.
Noted in history books.
Symbol of segregationist policies.
Significant_in_Georgia's_history.
gptkbp:hobbies Fishing
Hunting
Reading
Cooking
Gardening
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lester Maddox
gptkbp:image Lester Maddox.jpg
gptkbp:influence Impact on young politicians.
Southern_politics
gptkbp:influenced Future_politicians_in_Georgia.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:George_Wallace
gptkbp:involvedIn Georgia_politics
gptkbp:knownFor Opposition to desegregation
gptkbp:legacy Controversial_figure_in_American_politics
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Covered by major news outlets.
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Pickrick_Man
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Maddox's_Pickrick_Restaurant
gptkbp:occupation Governor_of_Georgia
gptkbp:office Governor_of_Georgia
gptkbp:personalLife Married with children.
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation Influence on local governance.
Democratic_Party.
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Segregationist
Controversial legacy.
Conservative views.
Debated in political forums.
gptkbp:politicalRole 1966
1971
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Carl_Sanders
gptkbp:publicAccess Polarizing figure
Served in various capacities.
gptkbp:publications The Maddox Papers
gptkbp:publicPerception Divisive figure.
gptkbp:publicSpeaking Engagements on civil rights.
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:religion Baptist
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:signature Lester_Maddox's_signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Virginia_Maddox
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkbp:termEnd 1971-01-12
gptkbp:termStart 1967-01-12