‘We Need to Take Our City Back’: Virginia City’s First Black Manager Claims She Was Illegally Fired Because of Her Race After Being Accused of ‘Blacking Up’ the Town
The former city manager of Hopewell, Virginia, has filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit and is demanding her job back after accusing white city council members of racism and wrongful termination. Concetta Manker made history in 2023 when she became the city’s first woman and first Black city manager. “Two years later, however, the City made a…
