U.S. Politics in Real TimeAug 26, 2023

He became the first Black mayor of a rural Alabama town. Then a white minority locked him out

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/black-mayor-alabama-town-locked-out

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He became the first Black mayor of a rural Alabama town. Then a white minority locked him out

For years the mayor in Newbern was appointed, not elected. When Patrick Braxton won the election, the outgoing mayor and his cronies refused to accept it

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U.S. Politics in Real TimeJul 23, 2023

Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patrick-braxton-black-man-says-he-was-elected-mayor-of-newburn-alabama/

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Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position

Patrick Braxton said that the "minority White residents of (Newburn), long accustomed to exercising total control over the government, refused to accept his election as mayor.

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@MJ Annoyingly, Newbern white racist Confederate zombies didn't get slapped with copies of the Reconstruction Amendments, which they should've been after 1865, as favored by Charles Sumner, then-Radical Republican, who'd be a Dem today, if still alive.

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A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve

For three years, Patrick Braxton says he has experienced harassment and intimidation after becoming the first Black mayor in Newbern, Alabama.

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