During preparation for the new Civil Rights Memorial Center, the Southern Poverty Law Center seeks information regarding those killed during the Civil Rights Movement.
During preparation for the new Civil Rights Memorial Center, the Southern Poverty Law Center seeks information regarding those killed during the Civil Rights Movement.
In association with the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, Center attorneys negotiated an agreement with Louisiana and the U.S. Department of Justice to improve conditions for incarcerated juveniles in that state.
One of the nation's most notorious white supremacists, Matt Hale of the World Church of the Creator, has been arrested in connection with a plot to murder a U.S. District Court judge.
Mamie Till Mobley, mother of Emmett Till, whose death exposed the brutality of the 1950s South, died January 6 in a Chicago hospital.
U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson ruled in favor of plaintiff Stephen Glassroth November 18, finding that the monument to the Ten Commandments must be removed from public view in the Alabama Judicial Building.
Neo-Nazi leader Billy Roper has been ejected from notorious group National Alliance, raising the possibility of a split within the movement.
Nationwide chain Target has removed apparel emblazoned with neo-Nazi hate symbols after an exposé by the Center's Tolerance.org program.
William Pierce, head of the neo-Nazi National Alliance and author of the racist novel The Turner Diaries has died at age 68, seven years after facing a judgment in a suit filed by the Center.
Followers of Fred Phelps, homophobic leader of the Westboro Baptist Church hate group, picketed the Center during March in support of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, defendant in a Center suit.
The Center's Intelligence Project now offers hate crime training for law enforcement officers, and offers partial scholarships.