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

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

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pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.eeM to Sounds About White@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 years ago

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

If anyone can explain how a fifth of a third of a quarter of this shit is even legal, I’d love to hear it.

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