well, Birmingham(the biggest city) & Montgomery (the capitol city) are both over 50% black in population, if the state were so racist as everyone claims, why would so many minorities live there? It's a "New" South that is very progressive and the yankees don't like it, because so many people are leaving the NE to move there because companies are moving there~maybe not AL so much but definately Atlanta, and the FL cities, although Birmingham is really taking off too as of late, as is Huntsville