- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Primus E. King
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- 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 - People:
- King, Primus E., 1900-1986
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1977 the Democratic Executive Committee of Muscogee County, 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.
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. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/primus-e-king-1900-1986/m-6607/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/primus-e-king-1900-1986
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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