> At the beginning of the 20th century, the President of the Alabama Constitutional Convention, John B. Knox,[12] stated in his inaugural address that the intention of the convention was "to establish white supremacy in this State", "within the limits imposed by the Federal Constitution"[7]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Alabama#Raci...
For example their constitution still contains language for school segregation and removing voting rights for interracial marriages.
Even when they did make updates. It was in the form of amendments which increase the overall length. Eg, the amendment that lets women vote.
It’s not like the racist people in the state suddenly stopped being racist just because the federal Government force them to change their most egregious laws.
The latest election, however, the voters did approve to start the process to investigate removing racist language from their constitution.
>in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two African American students: Vivian Malone and James Hood.[1]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Doo...
> With more than 1.7 million votes cast, the amendment passed with 67% support. That means more than 585,000 people voted against it. The ballot didn’t mention race, and some voters might not have even known what the amendment involved.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/alabama-approves-bid-t...