United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981964Axe 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.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Signs and signboards--Southern StatesSegregation--United StatesAfrican Americans--SegregationSegregation in transportationDiscrimination in public accommodations--Georgia--AtlantaRacism in popular culture--GeorgiaAxesAfrican Americans--History--1877-1964Pickrick (Atlanta, Ga.)Pickrick toothpickStillImage