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By locking him out of Town Hall...
www.theguardian.com
From the article:
"The town, about an hour and a half away from Montgomery, captured national attention last summer, after white officials had refused for three years to allow Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor in Newbern’s history, to exercise his mayoral duties.
Newbern is about 80% Black and 20% white, but the town’s leadership, with the exception of Braxton and his town council, has been majority white for years. The defendants in the lawsuit, including the previous mayor and council, have refused to hold elections."
This is white supremacy at work.
Alabama town that hasnât held elections in decades sued to allow voting
The town of Newbern saw white officials deny its first Black mayor, Patrick Braxton, from exercising his duties for three years
www.theguardian.com
From the article:
"The town, about an hour and a half away from Montgomery, captured national attention last summer, after white officials had refused for three years to allow Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor in Newbern’s history, to exercise his mayoral duties.
Newbern is about 80% Black and 20% white, but the town’s leadership, with the exception of Braxton and his town council, has been majority white for years. The defendants in the lawsuit, including the previous mayor and council, have refused to hold elections."
This is white supremacy at work.
