PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
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This segregationist restaurant owner ironically appointed more African Americans to executive offices than all others before him.
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Jimmy Carter
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Eugene Talmadge
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Lester Maddox
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Ivan Allen Jr
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A populist Southern Democrat, Maddox came to prominence as a staunch segregationist when he refused to serve black customers in his Atlanta restaurant, the Pickrick, in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Detailed explanation-2: -In April 1964, several African Americans tried to enter the restaurant and were threatened off the property by Maddox with “Pickrick drumsticks, ” a euphemism for wooden axe handles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which view was shared by Governors Orval Faubus (Arkansas), Lester Maddox (Georgia), and George Wallace (Alabama) in the 1950s and 1960s? People should not be forced to mix with those of other races in public places, including schools and universities.
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