YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Servecapitalbnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down127
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1external-linkA Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Servecapitalbnews.orgYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square216fedilink
minus-squareHegar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·1 year ago For at least 60 years, there’s never been an election in the town anyone that just assumed an office through paperwork would face resistance in a small town. It sounds like there was no resistance to assuming office through paperwork for at least 60 years before this, when the assumees were all white.
It sounds like there was no resistance to assuming office through paperwork for at least 60 years before this, when the assumees were all white.