▲ 988 ▼ A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve (capitalbnews.org) submitted 3 years ago by ezmack@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ezmack@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) New England permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] steltek@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I was so sure your town was doing something unconstitutional because it sounded so blatantly wrong. Found the answer and man, your state needs to sort that shit out. Fwiw, a few MA towns are going the other way: pushing the state to allow noncitizens to vote in TM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ezmack@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 3 years ago Yeah town was founded around the Civil War and I suspect that has something to do with the way it is now. Had a brief klan revival in the 80s and 90s, and, given the size, hitting way above our weight for number of people arrested for january 6 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] steltek@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I was so sure your town was doing something unconstitutional because it sounded so blatantly wrong. Found the answer and man, your state needs to sort that shit out. Fwiw, a few MA towns are going the other way: pushing the state to allow noncitizens to vote in TM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ezmack@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 3 years ago Yeah town was founded around the Civil War and I suspect that has something to do with the way it is now. Had a brief klan revival in the 80s and 90s, and, given the size, hitting way above our weight for number of people arrested for january 6 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ezmack@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 3 years ago Yeah town was founded around the Civil War and I suspect that has something to do with the way it is now. Had a brief klan revival in the 80s and 90s, and, given the size, hitting way above our weight for number of people arrested for january 6 permalink fedilink source parent