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ezmack@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

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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ezmack@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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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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    Actually they finally passed one in 2022.

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55

    Took them over 100 years though.

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      TIL, thank you!

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