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Newbern, Alabama, election debacle highlights bigger, fundamental issues
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a four-part series. Read part 1 here. Loretta, a lifelong resident of Newbern, Alabama, likes to walk in the morning. “It’s already getting hot,” she said as she finished up her daily ritual. It was not yet 10 a.m., but already the April sun was creating a…
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Alabama group continues fight to help women obtain reproductive care
Jenice Fountain could not believe what she was hearing. Was that Steve Marshall, the attorney general of Alabama, on talk radio, threatening to go after her tiny organization, which is dedicated to supporting pregnant Alabamians seeking legal abortion care? Indeed, it was the state’s top law enforcement official – on the airwaves less than two…
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Florida Voter Guide
En Español IN THIS GUIDE How to Prepare to Vote Key Election Dates Voter Resources We stand at a pivotal moment in our nation’s history, and it’s an exciting time because we have the power to shape our future in crucial issues such as voting rights, education and much more. This power lies in our…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Community groups provide frontline defense against rising hate and extremism
When the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, branch of the NAACP received word from members of the community that a patrol deputy in Plaquemines Parish was a member of the Proud Boys, a known anti-Muslim and anti-woman group, the branch leadership took action. “Our tactics are pretty much always the same,” said Jarret Luter, political action committee…
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Newbern 2020 Election Timeline
2019: Patrick Braxton, considering a run for office in Newbern, Alabama, rents a house within the town boundaries to establish residency. June 2020: Braxton approaches Newbern Mayor Haywood Stokes III to ask for information to qualify for the Aug. 25, 2020, election. After getting the forms, Braxton seeks help from other mayors for aid in filing correctly.…
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Legal efforts to reinstate ousted Black Alabama mayor and council move forward
In 2020, Patrick Braxton was sworn in as the first Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama, in its 170-year history. He ran unopposed, the only candidate who filed the necessary paperwork and fee to qualify for mayor. No one, neither incumbent nor challenger, qualified to run for mayor or any of the five council seats in…
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Second Lynn Walker Huntley Social Justice Fellow to join the SPLC this fall
People have always been at the center of Camille Pendley Hau’s work. She was born and raised in Atlanta, and when the city’s commercial sector applauded the completion of the new Mercedes Benz Stadium in 2017 – the most expensive structure built in Atlanta’s history – Pendley Hau couldn’t stop thinking of the residents of…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Georgia ‘teach-in’ highlights effort to transform largest Confederate monument
Of the thousands of monuments and other symbols of the “Lost Cause” scattered across public spaces in the South, one stands out as the most grandiose of all – and the most celebrated by white supremacists: the Stone Mountain Memorial carving, located 16 miles east of Atlanta. The monument’s carving of leading Confederate figures Jefferson…
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SPLC grants support organizations that seek to remove Confederate symbols
Once a month, members of the Committee for Justice, Equality and Fairness (CJEF) meet in the small back room of Sandra Macon’s church to discuss what to do about the problem at the Walton County Courthouse in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Just outside the courthouse stands a marble pillar erected in honor of “Walton County’s Confederate…
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National Trust for Historic Preservation names Eatonville an endangered site
Fueled by the urgent need to safeguard a threatened centerpiece of American history, the National Trust for Historic Preservation today named Eatonville, Florida – the childhood home of iconic author Zora Neale Hurston and one of the first all-Black municipalities in the U.S. – as one of 11 historic sites in the country most endangered…
