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As well as a constitutional human right to associate with whomever you please, there should be a corresponding right to disassociate if you please.” - Lester Maddox Which statement about Lester Maddox is BEST supported by information from the quotation? Lester Maddox was a segregationist. Lester Maddox enforced the constitution. Lester Maddox believed in the freedom to associate. Lester Maddox supported the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

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The correct answer to this question is A. Lester Maddox was a segregationist.

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The correct answer is A) Lester Maddox was a segregationist.

The statement of Lester Maddox that is best supported by the information given is “Lester Maddox was a segregationist.”

Lester Maddox (1915-2003) was the governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. He was considered to be a segregationist when he did not serve black people in his restaurant in the city of Atlanta, opposing the Civil Rights Act. He considered that “As well as a constitutional human right to associate to whomever you please, there should be a corresponding right to disassociate if you please”.