Aallyah Wright

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Aallyah Wright |Brandon Tensley

This story originally published in 2024, but has been updated to reflect that three judges and a clerk have been sworn in. Jackson, Mississippi, resident and organizer Rukia Lumumba is frustrated with a federal appeals court decision that allows Mississippi to move forward with its separate, state-run court system in her hometown. Backed by a mostly white, Republican-controlled Legislature, Gov.

Dec 18, 2024 | capitalbnews.org | Aallyah Wright

This holiday season, Candice Hammons is grateful for one of the greatest gifts she received this year: unwavering support for her family’s pursuit of their land. For the past two years, Hammons and her immediate and distant relatives have organized to take back land near Jacksonville, Texas.

Sep 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Aallyah Wright

Pamela Barnes never thought she and her sisters would be sitting in a cold, dirty holding cell for trying to protect her family’s land. Just before sunset around 6:30 a.m., the 63-year-old gazed at the white walls’ chipped and peeling paint. Her eyes moved to the rusty, mold-covered vent above her.

Jun 30, 2024 | aframnews.com | Aallyah Wright

By: Aallyah WrightPatrick Braxton is over-whelmed with gratitude. He’s been juggling a year’s long legal battle to serve as the lawful mayor of his hometown, Newbern, Alabama. After years of harassment, his rural town enters a new chapter: Its first Black mayor will finally get to serve. Braxton will be re-instated as mayor of Newbern, according to a proposed settlement reached on June 21. Th e settlement awaits the signature of U.S. District Judge Kristi K. DuBose.

Jun 25, 2024 | capitalbnews.org | Aallyah Wright

Patrick Braxton is overwhelmed with gratitude. He’s been juggling a yearslong legal battle to serve as the lawful mayor of his hometown, Newbern, Alabama. After years of harassment, his rural town enters a new chapter: Its first Black mayor will finally get to serve. Braxton will be reinstated as mayor of Newbern, according to a proposed settlement reached on June 21. The settlement awaits the signature of U.S. District Judge Kristi K.