It's right there in black and white in the Alabama state constitution. Language providing for segregated schools, authorizing poll taxes, and stating there is no right to public education -- a 1956 move allowing the state to close public schools if the feds integrated them.
They voted Tuesday in Alabama to get rid of that Jim Crow language. And it's headed for a recount. Right now, there's a thin majority want keep the segregationist language.
Opponents of the plan to erase the language claim it'll lead to higher school taxes. But who knows, maybe the Supreme Court will reverse "Brown v. Board of Education" some day. (CNN)
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