- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Pickrick toothpick
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Subject:
- Signs and signboards--Southern States
Segregation--United States
African Americans--Segregation
Segregation in transportation
Discrimination in public accommodations--Georgia--Atlanta
Racism in popular culture--Georgia
Axes
African Americans--History--1877-1964
Pickrick (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- axes (tools)
wood - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Axe handle.
This autographed axe handle is one of many that were sold as souvenirs at the Pickrick restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia; they were commonly referred to as "Pickrick toothpicks." The Pickrick was owned by Lester Maddox, who openly opposed racial desegregation, and in 1964, closed the restaurant rather than allow it to become integrated after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Axe handles like this one became symbols of Southern white resistance to the social changes brought on by the civil rights movement.
Gift of Dagmar Frank to the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm07292011-324
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm07292011-324
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- Original format : 1 axe handle : wood ; 92 x 8 x 6 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
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