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

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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

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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The real question is if black water guys would actually protect a black man with their lives against rural white people.
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  Money is money.

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