Jul
19
Prohibition comes to Alabama. Again.
On July 1, 1915, statewide prohibition went into effect in Alabama, for the second time, five years before the federal prohibition amendment was ratified under the Kilby administration. Between 1907 and 1915, all but two Southern states enacted prohibition laws. Prohibition was a bitter issue in Alabama politics. “Prohibition in the South is a failure, [...]
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