ALABAMA TOWN’S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, WHO HAD BEEN LOCKED OUT OF OFFICE, TO RETURN UNDER PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who said white officials locked him out of town hall, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement. Patrick Braxton will be recognized as the lawful mayor of the town of Newbern, under the terms of a proposed agreement to settle…