Alabama town's first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, will return under settlement

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https://apnews.com/article/newbern-alabama-first-black-mayor-settlement-6a158105e703b8fe462afeb6b16a6a2c

[u/WeAreLivinTheLife]

"Newbern, a tiny town of 133 people about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of Selma, has a mayor-council government but has not held elections for six decades. Instead, town officials were “hand-me-down” positions with the mayor appointing a successor and the successor appointing council members, according to the lawsuit filed by Braxton and others. That practice resulted in an overwhelmingly white government in a town where Black residents outnumber white residents by a 2-1 margin."

"South Africa" much, Newbern?

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches