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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st ed., [1st printing] ; vi, 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm OCLC 477574 ;red cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Lester Maddox was a high-profile segregationist who served as the 75th Governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. Maddox was born in Atlanta, Georgia, left school shortly before graduation to help support the family by taking odd jobs, including real estate and grocery. He received his high school diploma through correspondence courses. During World War II, Maddox worked at the Bell Aircraft factory in Marietta, Georgia, producing the B-29. In 1944, Maddox opened up the Pickrick Restaurant. He placed advertising which featured cartoon chickens in the Atlanta newspapers. Following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision of the United States Supreme Court, these restaurant ads began to feature the cartoon chickens commenting on the political questions of the day.he filed a lawsuit to continue his segregationist policies. Maddox said that he would close his restaurant rather than serve African Americans.In April 1964, more African Americans attempted to enter the restaurant. Maddox confronted the group with a bare pickaxe handle. Maddox ultimately closed his restaurant on February 7, 1965, rather than integrate it; he claimed that President Lyndon Johnson and communists put him out of business. In 1962, Maddox ran for lieutenant governor as a Democrat, Newsweek viewed him as a "backwoods demagogue out in the boondocks". Maddox sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 1966 and Maddox emerged victorious. Maddox became governor. Despite his segragationist views, Maddox integrated the Georgia State Patrol, introduced Little People's Day where normal people could meet the governor twice a month, and launched an investigation of state prisons and ordered state prisons to make improvements. ; inscription by John Treutlen Marshall (1934-2021) on the front endpaper. He attended Vanderbilt University on an ROTC Scholarship, graduating cum laude in 1956 with a degree in Philosophy. He then served as a member of the United States Marine Corps from 1956-1958, where he attained the rank of Captain. He enrolled at Yale Law School and graduated in 1962. He moved to Atlanta, GA and joined the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy, becoming a partner in 1967, where he remained for 47 years. In 1996, the Supreme Court of Georgia appointed him as Chair of the Georgia State Bar's Standards of the Profession Committee. ; Mr. Galphin was a reporter for The Washington Post and a former writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and attended Harvard University in 1962 as a Nieman Fellow in journalism. He was also a former managing editor of Atlanta Magazine. FINE/FAIR. Book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 80 pages. Features. Withdrawal from Europe "An Illustion" - we must have close co-operation with West Germany; Lest Us Reason Together - photo feature on LBJ; Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson (Lady Bird) - article with photo about the public servant without pay; The Muddled Problem of Presidential Succession - which was brought home by the death of JFK; After Five Years, de Gaulle Still Towers; The average height of Americans is increasing; A Master Builder at 75 - photo feature on the works of New York's Robert Moses; When a Negro is on Trial in the South - is the picture painted by novels and films correct?; Crosswords - the most popular game; Christmas Wraps - fashion photos; Photos of tapestries in the apartment of Allen Porter; and more. Ads: Selchow & Righter Company board games in color; Pepperidge Farm Devil's Food Cake; Ella Fitzgerald albums by Verve; Thomas Date Nut Loaf; and more. Four-inch opening to back cover, otherwise average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Tames, George; Koenig, Edo; Falk, Sam; Sisto, Ernie; Burns, Pat; Moses, Lida; Doty, Roy; Shore, Robert; Pascal, David; Golden, Alice; Singer, Joe; Leone, J.; Engelhardt, Tom; Flora, James (illustratore).…