It may be a first...all* six of the Alabama Constitutions are on Display in Montgomery at The Department of Archives and History. Officials cut the ribbon on the almost two-month exhibit this afternoon...part of the state recognition of the Alabama bicentennial.
The honor of the first place the exhibit was on public view went to Huntsville and some six thousand people went by.
Archives Director Steve Murray cuts the ribbon on the We The People exhibit.
Alabama still works under the 1901 document, written and approved by an all-white male convention. It has been amended almost a thousand times because that convention made it difficult for government (and people of color) to do anything.
The
exhibition will be on view through December 31, 2019. The Museum of
Alabama is open Monday - Saturday, 8:30 to 4:30. Admission is always
free.
*Alabama has had six constitutions to date, all established via State Conventions: 1819 (converting Alabama Territory into a State), 1861 (Secession), 1865 (Reconstruction), 1868 (Reconstruction), 1875 (ending Reconstruction), and, from 1901, the current document.
Alabama still works under the 1901 document, written and approved by an all-white male convention. It has been amended almost a thousand times because that convention made it difficult for government (and people of color) to do anything.
The Museum will offer extended hours until 7:00 pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, November 5 - December 12 (excluding Thanksgiving week).
Staff will offer special gallery talks on these evenings beginning at 6:00 pm.
*Alabama has had six constitutions to date, all established via State Conventions: 1819 (converting Alabama Territory into a State), 1861 (Secession), 1865 (Reconstruction), 1868 (Reconstruction), 1875 (ending Reconstruction), and, from 1901, the current document.
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