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Tiny town's first black mayor, locked out of office by white clique, wins in landslide

Friday August 29, 2025. 04:37 PM , from BoingBoing
Tiny town's first black mayor, locked out of office by white clique, wins in landslide
When Patrick Braxton became mayor of Newbern, Alabama, population 138, the clique of white residents in charge locked him out of town hall. Braxton was the only candidate to file paperwork for a position passed around the clique for generations; they lost by default, then held an illegal special election to install Haywood Stokes III instead. — Read the rest
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