'Can’t Even Spend the Night in My Town': Black North Carolina Mayor Says Racist Threats, Shootings Have Forced Him to Take Drastic Measures

'Can’t Even Spend the Night in My Town': Black North Carolina Mayor Says Racist Threats, Shootings Have Forced Him to Take Drastic Measures

The fallout over a Facebook post by a North Carolina mayor’s wife has opened a broader conversation about race and political power in Halifax County, where one Black mayor says he has faced years of racism, death threats and resistance after challenging a Confederate monument. Mondale Robinson, the mayor of Enfield, North Carolina, told Atlanta Black Star that the controversy surrounding Yvonne Doughtie’s comments cannot be separated from what h…