Lester Maddox : commercials, 1974.

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Lester Maddox : commercials, 1974.

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Commercials used during Maddox's campaign for the 1974 gubernatorial election in Georgia, Democratic party.

12 commercials (on 1 film reel) : sd. col. ; 16 mm.

University of Oklahoma, Political Community Archives

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University of Oklahoma, Political Community Archives

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University of Oklahoma. Political Commercial Archive

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Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003

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Lester G. Maddox was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on 30 September 1915, to Dean and Flonnie Maddox. He was educated in the Fulton County public school system but dropped out of high school in order to persue a career (either "to start working" or "to persue a career in something"). In 1936, he married Virginia Cox and the couple eventually had four children. In 1944, Maddox opened a short order grill in Atlanta that he sold a year later at a profit. Maddox continued to hold jobs in the grocery busi...