...and accurate reporting won him the respect of fellow journalists and the state's most prominent politicians.Gov. Lester Maddox, nearing the end of his term when Pettys began working for The AP at the state Capitol in 1970, called him "the long-haired...
...investigation into the slaying, former Sheriff Charles Holcomb, also a resident of Bishop, visited then-Gov. Lester Maddox to request additional manpower from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The governor did provide more GBI agents...
...was in the governor's office, held only once in this generation by an Atlanta native, the accidental governor, Lester Maddox. The current occupant, Sonny Perdue of rural Bonaire, House Speaker David Ralston of equally rural Blue Ridge...
...Guardsmen and 150 state troopers were called in to stop the violence.In television interviews and in newspapers, Gov. Lester Maddox blamed the riot on old conspiracies and communists. Maddox, however, had the foresight to ask James Brown to try...
...of the state's allergy to Atlanta-area politicians.No governor in a century has been from Atlanta except for Lester Maddox, who was elected in the House of Representatives when Bo Callaway beat him in the voting booth but didn't get a...
...Guardsmen and 150 state troopers were called in to stop the violence.In television interviews and in newspapers, Gov. Lester Maddox blamed the riot on a 40-year-old conspiracy to bring down the nation and said "the Communist conspiracy" had...
...jerks in Georgia: Ever heard of not throwing stones when you live in a glass house? Remember J.B. Stoner? Or Lester Maddox? Cynthia McKinney (and her equally fruitcake racist father)? And lest we forget, the mouth of the South, Jimmy...
...the state Legislature and their influence grew. Mr. Murphy, once a floor leader for the fiery segregationist Gov. Lester Maddox, cobbled together a coalition with black lawmakers. He named some to important committees and backed them in a critical...
...After days of rioting sparked by the beating death of a 16-year-old black youth in the Richmond County jail, Gov. Lester Maddox summoned Mr. Brown to Augusta to help quell the unrest. Mr. Brown, who had been performing in Flint, Mich...
...Georgia governor since Reconstruction. He won a plurality, but the Democratic state Legislature threw the election to Lester Maddox. Though the standard yard sign hasn't changed much in the past century, other ways candidates promote themselves...
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