In the wake of the Civil Rights Act passed on July?2,?1964, segregationist restaurant owner Lester Maddox forced three Black men out of his Pickrick Restaurant in Atlanta with axe handles on July?3,?1964. He defied the law requiring public accommodations to integrate, and the incident was documented by the Justice Department. Maddox later became Georgia’s governor (1967–1971), continuing to oppose desegregation. This standoff exemplified the massive resistance to federal civil rights enforcement following landmark legislation en.wikipedia.org.
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