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GOVERNOR LESTER G. MADDOX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/24/1982 - HFSID 317481

The fiery segregationist Governor signs a check to the Fundamentalist Journal. Check signed: "Lester G. Maddox", 6x2¾. Marietta, Georgia, 1982 December 24. Check #279, drawn on his personal account at the Bank of Georgia, payable to "Fundamentalist Journal" for $14.95.

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Condition: Fine condition
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LESTER G. MADDOX
The fiery segregationist Governor signs a check to the Fundamentalist Journal.
Check signed: "Lester G. Maddox", 6x2¾. Marietta, Georgia, 1982 December 24. Check #279, drawn on his personal account at the Bank of Georgia, payable to "Fundamentalist Journal" for $14.95. 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, did close his restaurant rather than serve 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 as Governor, Jimmy Carter. Corners lightly worn. Ink stamps front and verso. Fine condition. A portion of the screen image has been obscured to protect sensitive information. The original check does not contain these concealing marks.

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