A predominantly black fraternity claimed in a lawsuit that a restaurant in Alabama refused to host their event and told them "we've had problems with your kind before.”

According to a CNN report published Wednesday, the Tuscaloosa alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi filed a lawsuit against the city’s Cypress Inn last week accusing the restaurant of discrimination.

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The restaurant denies the discrimination claim.

The fraternity chapter alleges in the suit that it paid the restaurant $1,500 to reserve space at the location in December for an event scheduled to take place on Feb. 23.

But weeks before the scheduled gathering, on Feb. 6, the fraternity said the restaurant canceled the reservation and gave them a full refund.

Clifton Warren, president of the fraternity chapter, told CNN he had been visiting the restaurant to make final arrangements before he was told by a white female employee that the restaurant canceled the event, saying the staff had been unaware that the gathering would be “all black.”

The restaurant's owner, Renea Henson, then refused to rent the space to the group, allegedly telling him they have “had problems with your kind before."

Cypress Inn said the decision was based on security. The lawsuit claims that the fraternity offered to "provide additional security at their own expense" but they were turned down.

The planned party follows an October 2016 incident when three people were shot in a parking near the restaurant after a party hosted there by a black fraternity was shut down because it was overcrowded, CNN reported.

"Our outside security firm recommended against hosting the party because the fraternity was proposing to sell tickets to the public and our security firm strongly recommended against hosting that type [of] party out of concern for public safety," the restaurant said in a statement to CNN.