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It's been more than two years since more than 50,000 ColorOfChange members challenged the Jim Crow politics that led to the conviction of former Waterproof mayor Bobby Higginbotham. And last week, a Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the sentence of Higginbotham, a black man who was forced to represent himself against 44 outlandish charges and then sentenced without bail after he challenged the white power structure in his small Louisiana town.

In the town of 800, African Americans make up nearly 60% of the population, but it's the white minority that holds the political and economic power. Unfortunately, Higginbotham's case was a typical example of antiquated Southern politics at work.