The majority-black city blocked from electing black officials

by Evelyn Reynolds 28 February 2020, 05:00 99 Views

The discriminatory voting system in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, allowed white people to win every city council seat. Now residents are fighting back

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Everyone in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, seems to know that if you really want to find out what the city council is working on, you have to get to city hall an hour early for the pre-council meeting.

But one Monday in February, two residents, La-Tanya Dunham and Robert Sellers, arrived at about 6pm, only to find the room already packed with about a dozen people discussing pay raises, Little League sign-ups and street lights.

Source: US Politics - theguardian.com

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The majority-black city blocked from electing black officials

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