As the nation’s Semiquincentennial approaches in 2026, Alabama confronts an uncomfortable reality. The state that once sent Hugo Black to the Supreme Court and produced towering figures in America’s constitutional drama now languishes in civic educational mediocrity.
Alabama, a state that reliably votes for limited government and constitutional fidelity, evidently considers instruction in the Constitution itself an optional amenity.
Alabama can remedy this deficit before the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Consider the catalogue of shame.
Author’s summary: Alabama needs to improve civic education.