There were rumors that Maddox would return Georgia to a condition of massive obstruction against isolation demonstrated unwarranted. Truth is told, Maddox showed sensibly dynamic on numerous racial issues. As a senator, he supported noteworthy jail change, an effect well known with a considerable lot of the state's African Americans.
He selected more “African Americans” to government positions than all past Georgia governors consolidated, including the primary dark official in the Georgia State Patrol and the principal mysterious authority to the state Board of Corrections.