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Senators Propose Bill to Help Allocate Funds for Black Historical Sites

Senators Clyde Chambliss and Bobby Singleton are sponsoring a bill that will take funds from the statewide property tax that is tied to the confederacy, to help preserve and promote black history. Alabama First Created this tax to help confederate soldiers and their widows after the war. The state has continued to collect taxes ever since. Most of the revenue…

Alabama senators want Confederate tax to fund Black history

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama state senators say they want to divert part of a statewide property tax tied to the Confederacy to preserve and promote Black history. Alabama imposed the tax to fund pensions for Confederate soldiers and their widows and still collects it today. Most revenue is used for other purposes, but 1% goes to the state’s…