Saul Martinez
Southern Poverty Law Center
Royal homecoming a chance to recharge as community faces uncertain future
The Saturday, June 14 events — a pageant to name the year’s king and queen preceding a community picnic — were small affairs, with a DJ providing music. Several dozen residents showed up, but the large crowds would hold off until the next day, when vendors and thousands of people were expected for a car show, concerts and other events in the state’s last remaining “40 acres and a mule” homestead community.
