Description: For the Love of Alabama is a compilation of the most poignant and trenchant writing--editorials, reportage, and columns--by two of Alabama's most committed and reform-minded journalists. Ron Casey and Bailey Thomson both died young: Casey at forty-eight and Thomson at fifty-four. Nevertheless, through their work at the Birmingham News and the Mobile Press-Register, respectively, they labored tirelessly to illuminate and confront the state's chronic and interrelated problems of race, government, education, and poverty.
Review Quotes:
"While the book spans themes including education, race and taxes, it is at its heart a primer on the state's convoluted 1901 Constitution. [Ron Casey and Bailey Thomson] were tireless advocates for constitutional reform, and their writing exposed the deeply rooted connections between the arcane document and the state's chronic problems of corruption, apathy and injustice. Hodges also includes vibrant personal essays from Casey and Thomson that showcase their storytelling skills and celebrate the Alabama they knew and loved."--Mobile Press-Register