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  Maddox, Lester (Clifford Hodges Brewton Papers)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lester G. Maddox was born in Atlanta on September 30, 1915 to Dean and Flonnie Maddox.
Maddox's outspoken response to integration continued to be a catalyst for his political career, as evidenced by his 1957 campaign for mayor of Atlanta.
Maddox was able, however, increase funding for the university system as well as state teachers salaries.
www.libs.uga.edu /russell/collections/lmaddox.html   (886 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Lester Maddox (1915-2003)
Maddox decided to put his words into action and challenged the incumbent, William B. Hartsfield, in the Atlanta mayoral race.
Maddox would both shun and cultivate this reputation at various points throughout his career.
Maddox also ran for president of the United States in 1976 as an independent.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1387&pid=s-61   (1158 words)

  
 The Best Page in the Universe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maddox uses this image as a parody of a revolutionary icon, but does not proclaim himself to be a socialist or communist.
Maddox wrote the Websense article in which he described being filtered and banned on several services, such as Websense, Lexmark, and the Department of Defense.
When Maddox wrote about it in his Websense article and posted a link to the original Geocities site, Mother Against Maddox was inundated with visitors and repeatedly exceeded its bandwidth limit, so Maddox hosted a mirror [5].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Best_Page_in_the_Universe   (2468 words)

  
 USS Maddox (DD-168) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Maddox (DD–168) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I.
Named for William A. Maddox, she was laid down 20 July 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 27 October 1918; sponsored by Mrs.
Assigned to Division 21, Atlantic Fleet, Maddox departed Boston 3 May 1919 for Trepassey, Newfoundland, en route to the Azores where she became part of a “bridge of ships” assigned to guide Navy flying boats NC-1 and NC-4 across the ocean on the first transatlantic flight.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Maddox_(DD-168)   (520 words)

  
 State: Maddox drops out of race
Maddox brushed off suggestions that his campaign was in trouble amid all the negative publicity, although he was the only candidate in the race who would not release his latest fundraising total.
Maddox blamed the problems on his comptroller, a longtime friend who admitted she had made a series of major mistakes and kept them hidden from her bosses.
Maddox's withdrawal from the race came just before he was due to file a new fundraising report, which is often viewed as a sign of a candidate's strength.
www.sptimes.com /2005/10/08/State/Maddox_drops_out_of_r.shtml   (1029 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Lester Maddox (1915-2003)
In 1947 Maddox opened his most enduring and successful enterprise, the Pickrick Cafeteria.
Maddox would return Georgia to a state of massive resistance against segregation proved unfounded.
Brad Rice, "Lester Maddox and the Politics of Populism," in Georgia Governors in an Age of Change: From Ellis Arnall to George Busbee, ed.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1387&pid=s-61   (1160 words)

  
 Adrian Maddox | Biog & FT Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Maddox has other good causes ("weary Legion halls, disparaged bars, frayed tailors, barbers, bare foyers - all part of the British genius for managed decline", he says) but his passion is London's "classic" Italian-style cafes.
And, I agree with Maddox, cafes like these should be listed and protected - they may not be everyone's cup of tea but to see a place of such rare and stalwart individuality, such an iconic period piece, crushed by the advancing homogeneity of High Street UK is a tragedy.
Maddox hopes that "in a small Michael Moore-ish way" his book will help spark a campaign against the "corporate hubris" that is destroying the character of, not just cafes, but every nook and cranny of our largely unprotected commercial heritage.
www.classiccafes.co.uk /maddoxbiog.htm   (1583 words)

  
 Chicago Architecture: Ten Visions
Maddox is also the cofounder of Archeworks, a school dedicated to the development of design systems for people who are most in need.
Maddox, along with Stanley Tigerman, created Archeworks in 1994 with a mission to educate its students so that they obtain the knowledge and skills to develop design solutions for social needs.
Maddox’s installation is a vision that supports a new model for education.
www.artic.edu /aic/exhibitions/10visions/maddox.html#   (296 words)

  
 CNN.com - Former Georgia Gov. Maddox dies - Jun. 25, 2003
Maddox turned the fl people away that day, the day after the Civil Rights Act was signed into law, standing in the door of his restaurant carrying a pistol.
Maddox fought with the Legislature that elected him, often using his touch for grabbing the headlines to push for support for his programs with the public.
Maddox was so popular at the end of 1971 he might have won re-election but the Georgia constitution barred him from seeking another term as governor.
www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/25/maddox.dead/index.html   (852 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Former Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox dead at 87   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Maddox, who had battled cancer since 1983, cracked two ribs earlier this month when he fell at an assisted living home where he was recovering from surgery.
But in 1968, Maddox refused to close the Capitol for the funeral of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which drew thousands of mourners to Atlanta's streets, and he expressed anger that state flags were being flown at half staff.
Maddox was born Sept. 30, 1915, in Atlanta.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2003-06-25-maddox_x.htm   (1050 words)

  
 Maddox
William A. Maddox, born in Charles County, Md., in 1814, commanded a volunteer company in the Creek and Seminole Wars in 1836, and was appointed 2d lieutenant in the Marine Corps 14 October 1837.
Serving in the Mexican War, he was breveted captain for “gallant and meritorious conduct” as Military Commandant of the Middle District of California during a Mexican uprising at Monterey and during the Battle of Santa Clara, 3 January 1847.
Captain Maddox retired in 1880 and died in Washington, D.C., 1 January 1889.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m1/maddox-iii.htm   (1497 words)

  
 Lester Maddox profile
Maddox watches a 1997 videotape of Pat Robertson's "The 700 Club" in which Carter, between a smile and a grimace, confesses that God has abandoned him twice during his life.
Maddox says it was simply a "divine mission." Cook describes a weird chain of events in which the unthinkable happened.
In 1974, when Maddox was favored to win a return trip to the governor's mansion, he was swamped in a Democratic primary runoff by state Rep. George Busbee, the kind of business-oriented, moderate conservative who has since dominated Georgia politics.
www.southerncurrents.com /misc/maddox.htm   (3090 words)

  
 CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Tony Maddox
As senior vice president for EMEA, Maddox managed CNN's regional broadcasting and coverage of key events in world news, ranging from the European response to the terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11 and subsequent war in Afghanistan to the 2003 war in Iraq and the European diplomatic negotiations that preceded the war.
Maddox joined CNN International in 1998 as managing editor for EMEA and was promoted to vice president in 2000.
Before joining CNN, Maddox was head of news and current affairs for the BBC in Northern Ireland where he managed the radio and television staff; was responsible for all the local BBC output; and was the corporation's key point of reference on editorial matters in Northern Ireland.
edition.cnn.com /CNN/anchors_reporters/maddox.tony.html   (449 words)

  
 State: Financial questions dog Maddox
Maddox explained that he had reimbursed himself for party expenses he paid on his credit card and said that he'd let party officers know beforehand.
Maddox had parted ways with his first campaign manager, so he faced this public relations crisis when he wanted to be focused on fundraising and had only his pollster to help him face a barrage of questions and bad headlines.
Maddox and his allies dismissed the notion that the controversy had caused lasting damage to his campaign.
www.sptimes.com /2005/06/27/State/Financial_questions_d.shtml   (1100 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NFL - Injured Maddox leaves field in ambulance
Maddox, 31, was taken to Baptist Hospital's trauma unit where he was being kept overnight.
Maddox was falling forward as he completed a pass to Antwaan Randle El when Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck put his elbow into Maddox's left shoulder.
Maddox ended a nearly 10-year drought between starts on Oct. 6 in a loss to New Orleans, but he guided the Steelers to four straight victories and nearly salvaged another win against Atlanta last week before the game ended in a 34-all tie.
espn.go.com /nfl/news/2002/1117/1462153.html   (587 words)

  
 Conroy Maddox Piece @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Conroy Maddox, (December 27, 1912 – January 14, 2005), was a British surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer.
He was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire, and discovered surrealism in 1935, spending the rest of his life exploring its potential through his paintings, collages, photographs, objects and texts.
Maddox officially joined the British Surrealist Group in 1938.
www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Conroy_Maddox   (407 words)

  
 Maddox Hargett & Caruso, P.C. - Our Lawyers
Maddox has concentrated his practice in securities law representing investors in disputes with stock brokers and their firms.
Maddox left his employment with the State of Indiana and opened a private practice that concentrated in representing investors in securities arbitration, litigation and regulation.
Maddox was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in February of 1995.
www.investorprotection.com /index.asp?pid=ourlawyers&lid=1   (447 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Steelers sign Maddox to contract extension   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Maddox had been playing under a five-year contract signed when both he and the Steelers anticipated he would be a backup.
Maddox was scheduled to make $750,000 in base salary this season and next, plus another $1 million in 2006 under his old contract — much less in three seasons than most NFL starters earn in one.
But Maddox didn't have the support of an effective running game or a healthy offensive line and his 3,414 yards passing were the second most in team history.
www.usatoday.com /sports/football/nfl/steelers/2004-06-07-maddox_x.htm   (636 words)

  
 Maddox calms down   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tommy Maddox told coach Bill Cowher yesterday that he wants to remain with the Steelers and looked forward to keeping his job as their starting quarterback next season, even though they drafted Ben Roethlisberger on the first round Saturday.
Maddox replaced Kordell Stewart as the starter four games into the 2002 season and has kept that job except for two games he missed with an injury.
Maddox's decision not to force his way off the Steelers roster raises a question about what becomes of Batch, who noted Saturday that with four quarterbacks on the roster, one must go.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04119/307653.stm   (674 words)

  
 Maddox wants to be a starter - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Veteran quarterback Tommy Maddox is as savvy as they come, a worldly 33-year-old who knows his place in the Steelers organization.
Maddox found himself on the outside looking in last season after a Week 2 elbow injury opened the door for eventual Rookie of the Year Roethlisberger.
Maddox, who could potentially become expendable if Charlie Batch elevates his play in training camp after suffering a season-ending knee injury last August, is not thinking about a trade.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_335297.html   (764 words)

  
 Race Matters - Lester Maddox, Segregationist and Georgia Governor, Dies at 87
Maddox was direct and outspoken in the defense of his convictions, which he wrapped in a states' rights banner.
Lester Garfield Maddox was born in Atlanta on Sept. 30, 1915, the second of seven children born to Dean Garfield Maddox and Flonnie Castleberry Maddox.
Maddox left elective office more than 30 years ago but never ceased to be a political novelty — among the last of the Southern demagogues who spoke his mind and knew how to put on a show, sometimes riding a bicycle backward around the state Capitol.
www.racematters.org /lestermaddox.htm   (1361 words)

  
 The USS Maddox
In 1836, William Maddox had served in the war with the Creeks and Seminole Indians as First Lieutenant, commanding a company of volunteers under General Jessup and on 14 October 1837 was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the State of Maryland.
The Maddox was assigned to the Third Fleet and she was badly damaged off Okinawa in 1944 by a bomb from a Japanese Kamikaze plane.
Maddox was once again deployed in the Western Pacific from 13 March 1964 until 2 October 1964, assigned to escort duty.
users.1st.net /themaddoxs/mfussmad.htm   (1483 words)

  
 The USS MADDOX DD-731
The second MADDOX (DD-622) was one of the trim 1650 ton LIVERMORE (DD-423) class.
MADDOX was again deployed in the Western Pacific from 13 March 1964 to 2 October 1964.
MADDOX was on station in the South China Sea for a cumulative total of 82 days during the summer of 1964.
members.tripod.com /~USS_Helena_CA75/maddox.html   (799 words)

  
 Steelers closer to finalizing deal with QB Maddox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Vann McElroy and Jeff Nalley, Maddox's two Texas agents, met with the Steelers at their UPMC facilities on the South Side yesterday to discuss the new deal.
A new agreement with Maddox could be reached by early next week, a source close to the quarterback indicated.
Maddox, although signed through 2006, is scheduled to earn only $750,000 in salary this year, far below his stature as a third-year starting quarterback and less than backup Charlie Batch.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04157/327483.stm   (215 words)

  
 Lester Maddox Dead At 87 - CBS News
Maddox, who had battled cancer since 1983, cracked two ribs when he fell about 10 days ago at an assisted living home where he was recovering from intestinal surgery.
Maddox became famous in the 1960s when he closed and then sold his Pickrick fried chicken restaurant in Atlanta rather than serve fls.
Maddox claimed he had nothing against fls, just forced integration.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/06/25/politics/main560280.shtml   (1067 words)

  
 Samuel Maddox
James Maddox (Maddocke) was son of Cornelius Maddox, early settler of Charles Co.
According to Fredonia Maddox Webster in "The Maddox Family of Maryland," Notley Warren Maddox was the son of Notley and Elizabeth Maddox of Port Tobacco Parish.
Notley Maddox was the eldest son of Samuel Maddox, the progenitor.
www.spaldinggenealogy.com /samuel_maddox.htm   (4553 words)

  
 Maddox cherishes music legacy - October 13, 2005
Maddox, 82, was one of the brothers in The Maddox Brothers and Rose, a ground-breaking country band in the 1940s and ’50s.
The Maddox Brothers and Rose walked, hitchhiked and hopped freight trains from Alabama to California during the Depression.
After World War II, the Maddox Brothers and Rose became popular playing a raw style of country music that came to be called "okie boogie." It set the tone for California country, a style that would include Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.
www.mailtribune.com /archive/2005/1013/local/stories/15local.htm   (390 words)

  
 Alton Maddox/Tawana Brawley- Global Black News (African American News)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This was evident first in his work as a top-notch civil rights lawyer and later as the founder of the United African Movement, which, in its weekly forums at the Oberia Dempsey Center in Harlem, provided invaluable cultural, social and academic information to people of African ancestry.
It was the Tawana Brawley case that led to Maddox's suspension.
To this day, Maddox disputes the validity of the grand jury finding and believes that his license was wrongfully suspended.
www.globalblacknews.com /Lamb15.html   (865 words)

  
 Tom Maddox
Tom Maddox is one of the original cyberpunk authors.
Maddox has written X-Files episodes Kill Switch and First Person Shooter with William Gibson.
Maddox has written essay After the Deluge: Cyberpunk in the '80s and '90s.
project.cyberpunk.ru /idb/tommaddox.html   (118 words)

  
 Rose Maddox Discography: Slipcue.Com Guide To Hick Music
Rose Maddox (1925-1998) and her Oakie brothers were one of the wildest and widely influential hillbilly bands of the 1940s and '50s...
When the Maddox family first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry back in the late '40s, folks made fun of their elaborately sequined and embroidered outfits, but within a decade everyone in Music City would have one.
The Maddox family were true Dustbowl refugees, but unlike thousands of other Oklahomans who migrated to the West Coast, they were able to rise above crushing poverty, using their music to pull themselves up into fame and financial security.
www.slipcue.com /music/country/countryartists/rose.html   (1402 words)

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