Primus E. King

Title: Primus E. King
Description: Photograph of Primus E. King holding a reparation check. He faces forward and smiles. In 1977 the Democratic Executive Committee of Muscogee County, Georgia, as mandated by Federal Judge T. Hoyt Davis in 1945, presented a check for $324.70 to Primus E. King. The court awarded the money to King in reparation for the denial of his right to vote in a 1944 Democratic primary. King, an African American duly registered to vote in Georgia, sought to cast a ballot at the Muscogee County Courthouse in Columbus in the Democratic Party's primary election. Shortly after entering the courthouse, King was roughly turned away by a law officer who escorted him back out to the street.
Date: 1977
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Is Referenced By: https://dlg.usg.edu/record/nge_ngen_m-6607
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Source: New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
Spatial Coverage: United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
Subject: African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Columbus; African American men--Georgia--Columbus; Men--Georgia--Columbus; Civil rights workers--Georgia--Columbus; Checks--Georgia--Columbus; Civil rights--Georgia--Columbus; African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Columbus; Reparations for historical injustices--Georgia--Columbus; King, Primus E., 1900-1986
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