“Whoever they are, if they come in here, we’re not going to discriminate based on race,” Adams told local station Fox 31. Though segregation is NOT a written city policy, Davis said it’s definitely a well-known practice.Ĭity Manager Bennett Adams has denied the claims, however, saying the cemetery is public and maintained. He said the Black side, where the man was later reburied, is poorly maintained and some plots are even destroyed. Then, there’s the fence at the Oakview Cemetery that separates where Blacks and whites are buried.ĭavis spoke of one instance where the body of a biracial man who’d passed for white was exhumed from the white side of the cemetery after the city learned he was Black. In addition to the discrimination, the mayor alleges that there are no Black police officers in the largely African-American city and barely any Black employees at City Hall. “That’s how real it is here and it’s shocking to the conscience.” Davis continued, “If the white council members had the authority to reinstitute slavery, one of them would probably make the motion and the other would second it.” “I’m engaging in a civil disobedience, resistance protest to address the very severe racial discrimination and invidious segregation in my city that has persisted for decades,” Davis told radio host Richard Richey in an interview. Now, the mayor is refusing to attend city council meetings until leaders take steps to desegregate the city. The City of Camilla boasts a nearly 70% African-American population, yet Blacks aren’t allowed to be buried next to whites and white school-aged children are relegated to an all-white private school, according to Davis. Last week, Mayor Rufus Davis said city council members voted not to give him keys to his own office at City Hall, topping a list of alleged racist policies aimed at keeping Blacks and whites separated, CBS Atlanta reported. is protesting his own city amid claims of government-mandated segregation. An African-American mayor in Camilla, Ga.
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