For years the mayor in Newburn was appointed, not elected. When Patrick Braxton won the election, the outgoing mayor and his cronies refused to accept it...
When people say there is no racism or that black people have it so much better here and now than in the past or elsewhere (like with BG), I just wanna sock em right in the face. Cause clearly they lack any sort of sense and need it knocked into em. Several times.
He became the first Black mayor of a rural Alabama town. Then a white minority locked him out ( www.theguardian.com )
For years the mayor in Newburn was appointed, not elected. When Patrick Braxton won the election, the outgoing mayor and his cronies refused to accept it...