From 07 Aug: - Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/06/us/newbern-alabama-mayor-dispute/index.html #CNN #Newbern #Alabama #mayor #ousted #racialdispute #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110845411187491072 #cnn #newbern #alabama #mayor #ousted #racialdispute #politics #news
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Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/06/us/newbern-alabama-mayor-dispute/index.html
#CNN #Newbern #Alabama #mayor #ousted #racialdispute #Politics #News
#cnn #newbern #alabama #mayor #ousted #racialdispute #politics #news
https://www.theroot.com/he-became-the-the-first-black-mayor-in-a-rural-alabama-1850661440
Electoralism, eh, whatevs—but this story is wild. White racist town leadership are taken off guard that a black resident in a primarily black community in Alabama files to run for mayor and wins that they try to hold a special election and ice him out of the job which had historically been a hereditary hand-me-down since the days when these folks’ white ancestors incorrectly thought they could own black people. It reads like many of the town’s black residents were unaware that people could actually campaign to be mayor. That’s how long these white nepo babies thwarted democracy and representative politics. In 2023. Not 1875.
#patrickbraxton #newbern #alabama #blm
A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve.
#Newbern #Alabama white criminals!
#DojCivil #DoJCrimDiv must investigate and take action against the white fascist blocking the elected mayor.
#newbern #alabama #dojcivil #dojcrimdiv
@mizblueprint was there a few months ago
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A short dock juts out into the Neuse River. Across the water trees line the shoreline. The sky appears as a solid gray-white sheet due to heavy overcast This is the view next to the boat ramp at Glenburnie Park.
Available at https://bob-decker.pixels.com/featured/dock-on-the-neuse-river-glenburnie-park-boat-ramp-bob-decker.html
#AYearForArt #ArtMatters #dock #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #Neuseriver #NewBern #NorthCarolina #landscape #monochrome #grayscale #mastoart #fediart #mastophoto #art #photography #photographyisart
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A Mallard Drake, Anas platyrhynchos, swims on the Neuse River near Union Point part in New Bern, North Carolina.
Find it here https://bob-decker.pixels.com/featured/high-key-mallard-duck-drake-bob-decker.html
#AYearForArt #ArtMatters #Mallard #duck #waterfowl #bird #fineartphotography #wallart #fineart #wildlife #wildlifephotography #avianphotography #wildbird #photography #photographyisart #naturephotography #nature #bird #birdwatching #NewBern #NorthCarolina #NeuseRiver #reflection
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#today is "errand day" (grocery pickup, etc) but we plan to make it a fun afternoon. Since hobie is having his car serviced in #newbern, we're going to have lunch first at Persimmons.
#today #newbern #northcarolina #easternnc
I'm not doing much over the holidays, just trying to keep warm and prepare for the joys of #2023.
If anyone wants to just hang out (in person, New Bern, NC) or on #Zoom, let me know - #JoinIn #NorthCarolina #NewBern
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Colorful storefronts, New Bern, N.C. #photography #colorphotography #photograph #newbern #photographer #ncphotographer
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#NorthCarolina 5 Things to Know About The Great Fire of 1922
- The Great Fire of 1922 started in the early morning hours on Dec. 1, 1922, destroying 40 blocks of #NewBern including 989 homes and leaving more than 3,000 people homeless with most of the destruction in the Black community.
https://www.newbernsj.com/story/news/2022/04/26/100th-anniversary-great-fire-1922-new-bern-nc-natural-disaster-biggest/7408463001/