St. Augustine History: First Black postmaster serves as inspiration
According to historian and filmmaker Derek Boyd Hankerson, if the rural post office was the unofficial city hall, its postmaster was the town's unofficial mayor. "In a lot of these small towns, the postmaster would be the only representative of the federal government people would ever see," Hankerson said. Hankerson is well-acquanted with the in and outs of government. In addition to making films, he has worked for Republican lawmakers and politicians since he was 18; he worked on the campaign staff of both Bush presidents and served as former President Donald Trump's Northeast Florida campa...
Source: staugustine.com