February 7, 1965
Event Details
Date: February 7, 1965
Summary:
Maddox said he’d rather go to jail than serve integrationists. Now he decided he’d rather shutter his business than comply with the law.
Quotations
Greene, Ronnie. Heart of Atlanta: Five Black Pastors and the Supreme Court Victory for Integration (pp. 165). Chicago Review Press. Kindle Edition.The signage outside the restaurant read “Closed, Out of Business Resulting from Act Passed by the US Congress, Signed by President Johnson and Inspired and Supported by Deadly and Bloody Communism”.
Media/External Links
Closed for Business
Link to Media Source: https://www.ajc.com/news/local/pickrick-restaurant-civil-rights-history/2AoIpholDEPkJAEmgHN1XN/