Photo Michael Malcolm By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated July 1, 2024
Following nearly four years of legal battles, Patrick Braxton is about to become the first Black mayor of Newbern, AL. The town of 133 people has about 80% Black residents and hasn’t held an election for several decades.
As ESSENCE previously reported, when Braxton was first elected in 2020, he said that white town officials kept him from taking office because
