GOVERNOR LESTER G. MADDOX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 06/08/1983 CO-SIGNED BY: VIRGINIA MADDOX CARNES - HFSID 317480

LESTER G. MADDOX and VIRGINIA MADDOX CARNES
The year he was diagnosed with cancer, the controversial former Governor signed this $1,000 check to his daughter, who has endorsed it on verso
Check signed: "Lester G. Maddox"  in black ink, 6x2¾. Marietta, Georgia, 1983 June 8. Check #373, drawn on his personal account at the Bank of Georgia, payable to "Virginia Carnes" for $1,000. Entirely filled out by Maddox. Lester Maddox (1915-2003) was charged with assaulting five black ministers who tried to eat at his Atlanta Restaurant the day after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. (He was subsequently acquitted by an all-white jury.) Maddox, who wielded an axe handle as a symbol of his opposition to desegregation, but never actually used it on anybody, ended up closing his restaurant rather than serving black customers. Maddox was later elected Governor of Georgia (1967-1971). Prohibited from a second term by Georgia's constitution, he was elected Lieutenant Governor (1971-1975), often opposing the policies of his successor, Jimmy Carter. Virginia Carnes was one of Maddox's four children. The year he signed this check, Maddox was diagnosed with cancer. The disease would finally claim his life 20 years later. Corners lightly worn. Ink stamps on front and verso. Otherwise, fine condition.

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