The bizarre case from #Newbern #Alabama of an elected black mayor who has been prevented from doing his duties by an alleged white conspiracy.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patrick-braxton-black-man-says-he-was-elected-mayor-of-newbern-alabama/
Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of #Newbern #Alabama (a town that has not held #elections in several decades) spent the last four years fighting to be recognized. After an extensive legal battle, he and the town officials who refused to acknowledge him as mayor have reached a settlement.
Braxton will be officially seated as the mayor, pending approval by Judge Kristi K DuBose of the southern district of Alabama. #USA #politics #racism #race #VotingRights
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/27/newbern-alabama-mayor-patrick-braxton
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Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/06/us/newbern-alabama-mayor-dispute/index.html
#CNN #Newbern #Alabama #mayor #ousted #racialdispute #Politics #News
https://www.theroot.com/he-became-the-the-first-black-mayor-in-a-rural-alabama-1850661440
Electoralism, eh, whatevs—but this story is wild. White racist town leadership are taken off guard that a black resident in a primarily black community in Alabama files to run for mayor and wins that they try to hold a special election and ice him out of the job which had historically been a hereditary hand-me-down since the days when these folks’ white ancestors incorrectly thought they could own black people. It reads like many of the town’s black residents were unaware that people could actually campaign to be mayor. That’s how long these white nepo babies thwarted democracy and representative politics. In 2023. Not 1875.