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Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position

www.cbsnews.com Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position

Patrick Braxton said that the "minority White residents of (Newburn), long accustomed to exercising total control over the government, refused to accept his election as mayor.

A Black man who says he was elected mayor of a rural Alabama town but has been kept from taking office by White leaders of the town has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.

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