Fifteen brave men filed a voting rights case: Rev. Isaac C. Peay, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church; Mr. Benjamin F. Bourn, owner of Bourn Grocery; Mr. Rufus Howze, owner of Whitney's Grocery and Williams Cleaners; Mr. Ratio Jones, educator and teacher at Eureka School; Dr. Charles W. Smith, physician; Rev. Johnnie H. Mayes, pastor of Sweet Pilgrim Baptist Church; Rev. Charlemagne P. Payne, pastor of St. Paul Methodist Church; Dr. Theodore J. Fykes, dentist; Mr. Joe Knox, Sr., retired and farmer; Mr. Milton Barnes, Sr., owner of Barnes Cleaners and The High Hat Club; Mr. Alfonso Clark, owner of Clark Funeral Home; Mr. Barry L. Neal, retired military officer; Dr. E. Hammond Smith, pharmacist and owner of Smith Drug Store; together with the southern white attorney who represented the fifteen African-American men, former Chancery Court Judge T. Price Dale, and the appeal bond sureties Mr. Frank Williams, owner of Williams' Grocery, Mr. Paul J. Weston, relator and owner of OK Cleaners, Mr. McKinley W. Jones, railroad laborer, and Dr. L.A. Nash, dentist.