Primus E. King
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Title
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Primus E. King
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1977
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Format
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image/jpeg
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Source
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New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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Spatial Coverage
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United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
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Subject
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African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Columbus
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African American men--Georgia--Columbus
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Men--Georgia--Columbus
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Civil rights workers--Georgia--Columbus
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Checks--Georgia--Columbus
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Civil rights--Georgia--Columbus
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African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Columbus
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Reparations for historical injustices--Georgia--Columbus
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King, Primus E., 1900-1986
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Type
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StillImage
