US EditionAlabama town’s first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, wins election
Patrick Braxton won with 66 votes to 26, ending a legal dispute where he was locked out despite being mayor-elect in a majority Black town with 133 residents.
- On Tuesday, Incumbent Mayor Patrick Braxton won 66 votes to his opponent's 26, securing re-election as Newbern, Alabama's first Black mayor after a long dispute.
- Newbern's mayor-council government had not been put to a vote for six decades, with outgoing mayors appointing successors in what plaintiffs called 'hand-me-down' governance.
- Black residents sued, alleging town officials changed the locks and denied Patrick Braxton access to town hall and financial accounts; Braxton finally occupied the office last year after a three-year legal battle.
- The settlement agreement included a promise to hold a mayoral election in 2025, and Madison Hollon of the SPLC Action Fund said this restores democratic governance and fair representation.
- With Black residents outnumbering white residents 2-1, Newbern, Alabama's 133 residents highlight a local shift from an overwhelmingly white government to more representative leadership.
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Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of an Alabama town who was once barred from office, secures election victory - Face2Face Africa
After years of being denied office, Patrick Braxton secures victory in Newbern’s first election in decades, marking a racial justice milestone.
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Alabama town's first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, wins election
The first Black mayor of an Alabama town has won election by a landslide, four years after he ran unopposed and white residents locked him out of the town hall.
·United States
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