Alabama State Constitution was ratified by the 1901 Constitutional Convention leading to the disenfranchisement of the poor, concentration of power in Montgomery, and the creation of what was to come on of the  most regressive tax systems in the country. Read more here Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History, The Constitution of the State of Alabama and Amendments, Historical and Patriotic Series No.14 (Wetumpka Printing Co., 1943).

Bailey Thomson, chairman and founder of ACCR, passed away November 26, 2003 after suffering a heart attack. His death at the mere age of 54 leaves ACCR, as well as many throughout Alabama, shocked and saddened. Not only was Bailey the state’s leading fighter in constitutional reform, but he was also a father, husband, friend, teacher and writer who affected countless lives. Though he may be gone, his passion for helping the people of Alabama lives on. The fight will be hard and lonely without him, but we will continue what Bailey began. About Bailey Thomson Bailey Thomson was born a farm boy in Aliceville, Ala., the youngest of eight children to Bill and Becky Thomson. Thomson’s father died when Bailey was only 14, and to make ends meet, he began working at local newspapers. And so the newspaperman was born.. Thomson’s journalism career spanned 25 years, during which he worked for the Huntsville Times, Tuscaloosa News, Shreveport, La. Journal (folded in 1991) and Orlando Sentinel in Florida. In 1992, he became the associate editor of the Mobile Register. It was at the Register that Thomson first became involved in constitutional reform. While there, he directed a special investigation…