Tag: RECONSTRUCTION

'The second coming of Reconstruction': Smitherman warns poll tax, Jim Crow-era voter suppression tactics to return to Alabama without VRA's Section 2 protections

As the Alabama Legislature is gathering in Montgomery for a special session to address the potential fallout of the Louisiana v. Callais U.S. Supreme Court decision, State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) has a bleak view of what lies ahead.