Children with Disabilities Face Discrimination in New Orleans Schools

07/28/2010

Students with disabilities are being denied access to New Orleans public schools and are often pushed into schools unable to provide them with the special education services they deserve under federal law, according to a complaint lodged today by the Southern Poverty Law Center and other advocacy groups.

SPLC Report: Nativists Appealing to Environmentalists are 'Wolves in Sheep's Clothing'

07/27/2010

Seeking to deflect charges of racism, anti-immigration activists have launched a cynical campaign to recruit environmentalists to their cause by blaming immigrants for urban sprawl, overconsumption and a host of other environmental problems, according to a report issued today by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Landmark YMCA Desegregation Ruling Turns 40

07/20/2010

Forty years ago this month, Morris Dees won a lawsuit that desegregated the Montgomery, Alabama, YMCA and laid the foundation for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Mississippi Supreme Court Overturns Order Stifling SPLC Advocacy

07/13/2010

The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that a juvenile court judge cannot punish the Southern Poverty Law Center for its advocacy on behalf of a child facing incarceration at the state’s juvenile prison.

SPLC Files Suit After New Orleans First-Grader Handcuffed

07/08/2010

Children at a New Orleans elementary school are subjected to unlawful seizures and arrests – including handcuffing and shackling – for minor violations of school rules, according to a SPLC lawsuit filed on behalf of a 6-year-old boy who was brutally handcuffed and shackled to a chair by a school security officer.

What To Kill a Mockingbird Means to Me

By Morris Dees, Founder, Chief Trial Attorney
07/02/2010

Fifty years ago this month, Harper Lee published her American classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Set in the Deep South in the 1930s, the poignant story of racial injustice remains timeless. Its influence on my decision to take up civil rights law was profound.

New Teaching Tolerance Film to Address Anti-Gay Bullying in Schools

05/21/2010

Anti-gay bullying is one of the few remaining forms of bigotry that can go unchecked on school campuses. The SPLC’s new documentary film and teaching kit will offer powerful lessons for students and educators, showing viewers that anti-gay bullying is wrong – morally and legally.

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