Parties Join Forces to Free Alabama Constitution of Racist Wording | ATA Episode 6

Until recently Alabama's constitution still had racist language from the original document written in 1901, led by an avowed white supremacist. Though the provisions weren't operable today, plenty of people have wanted them gone for years. But it wasn't easy to revise a constitution that is the longest such document in the world, one that has nearly 1,000 amendments. Still, the state legislature reached unanimous agreement, and 75 percent of voters supported the revisions last November after a long and complicated process.

NCSL Podcasts · Alabama Legislative Services Agency Director Othni Lathram, Ala. Sen. Merika Coleman, Ala. Rep. Danny Garrett