Governor John Patterson addressing the Legislature in the House Chamber of the Senate at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, during a special joint session called to pass a reapportionment bill.
The session was called in response to a federal court order demanding reapportionment of the Alabama Legislature by July 16, 1962. Patterson urged legislators to act quickly to avoid federal intervention. (The apportionment of the state legislature had not changed since 1901, despite a constitutiona...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/162695 |