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Winder is located in central Barrow County at (33.996495, -83.720873 It is 20 miles (32 km) west of Athens and 50 miles (80 km) northeast of downtown Atlanta.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.9 square miles (33.5 km 2), of which 12.4 square miles (32.2 km 2) is land and 0.50 square miles (1.3 km 2), or 3.97%, is water.
Alton Henry Maddox Jr. (July 21, 1945 – April 23, 2023) was an American lawyer who was involved in several high-profile civil rights cases in the 1980s. Education [ edit ]
Pages in category "People from Winder, Georgia" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Maddox's internal organs had been destroyed by the dogs tearing at them, and he had suffered more than 46 wounds to his head and neck. [11] By the time veterinarian Barbara Baker and other zoo staff arrived on the scene, they determined it would be futile to try and rescue Maddox. According to Baker, "it was clear the child was dead.
[2] Name on the Register Image Date listed [3] Location City or town Description 1: Frederick A. Bailey House: September 4, 1980 (U.S. 80: Talbotton: Early interpretation of Greek Revival style, built in 1837.
On election day, 3 November 1970, Democratic nominee Lester Maddox won the election by a margin of 470,382 votes against his opponent Republican nominee Frank G. Miller, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Maddox was sworn in as the 7th lieutenant governor of Georgia on 12 January 1971. [3]
Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 75th governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. A populist Southern Democrat, Maddox came to prominence as a staunch segregationist, [1] when he refused to serve black customers in his Atlanta restaurant, the Pickrick, in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Moore's Ford lynchings, also known as the 1946 Georgia lynching, refers to the July 25, 1946, murders of four young African Americans by a mob of white men. Tradition says that the murders were committed on Moore's Ford Bridge in Walton and Oconee counties between Monroe and Watkinsville , but the four victims, two married couples, were ...