Alabama Voters To Decide On Scrubbing Racist Language From State Constitution

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Alabama Voters To Decide On Scrubbing Racist Language From State Constitution

Courts ended legal segregation long ago, but Jim Crow language remains preserved in Alabama's lengthy constitution.

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