Question

What is the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court case King v. Chapman?

Answer 1

The court ruling was significant because it upheld an earlier decision stating that restrictions to black voters during Georgia primaries was unconstitutional.

Answer 2

Its significance lies in that it ended the "White Primary" policy in Georgia, and eventually, other "White Primaries" of Southern states were struck down too.

The case consisted of the lawsuit made by Primus E. King, an African American, and a registered voter, who was denied his right to vote in the Democratic Party’s primary election of Columbus, Georgia. According to Georgia statutes, the primaries were only for Whites.

In the case (1945), it was determined that the exclusion of black voters was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Seventeenth Amendments and therefore the "White Primaries" were illegal.