United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.987711977In 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/primus-e-king-1900-1986Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/primus-e-king-1900-1986Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaAfrican American civil rights workers--Georgia--ColumbusAfrican American men--Georgia--ColumbusMen--Georgia--ColumbusCivil rights workers--Georgia--ColumbusChecks--Georgia--ColumbusCivil rights--Georgia--ColumbusAfrican Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--ColumbusReparations for historical injustices--Georgia--ColumbusPrimus E. KingStillImage