Committee Approves Removing Outdated, Racist Language from Alabama Constitution
A state committee has advanced a plan to remove racist language from the Alabama Constitution.
Committee on the Recompilation of the Constitution
Alabama Seeks to Purge Racist Sections of Constitution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are moving forward on a proposal to strip racist language from the state’s constitution. The constitution was written in 1901 to entrench white supremacy and still has language allowing segregated schools and poll taxes. The Committee on the Recompilation of the Constitution on Wednesday decided to move forward on recommendations to strip those provisions…
