The Thorny Issues of Alabama’s Black Belt

Alabama’s Black Belt historically held the state’s wealth.  But now that cotton is no longer king, it’s one of the most impoverished regions of the country.  The Black Belt has beautiful antebellum homes, but those homes were built thanks to slavery.  The contrast shapes how Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald thinks about that part of the state.  He’s traveling Alabama this month and spent time recently in the Black Belt. He talks about his travels with WBHM’s Andrew Yeager