PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He desegregated his restaurant the day the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed
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He appointed many Blacks/African Americans to government positions
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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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. He later served as a lieutenant governor under Jimmy Carter.
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: -In February 2019, Abrams became the first African-American woman to deliver a response to the State of the Union address. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election, and lost again to Kemp, this time by a much larger margin; she conceded on the night of the election.