Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys in September filed a lawsuit seeking damages for Billy Ray Johnson, a mentally disabled black man knocked unconscious and left on a roadside by four young white men.
Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys in September filed a lawsuit seeking damages for Billy Ray Johnson, a mentally disabled black man knocked unconscious and left on a roadside by four young white men.
With school budgets tightening across the country, Southern Poverty Law Center staff are racing to meet an extraordinary demand for the free resources Teaching Tolerance offers educators. And thanks to generous donations from Southern Poverty Law Center supporters, every request is fulfilled.
Five years after a Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit brought an end to the Aryan Nations' presence in northern Idaho, dozens of community members gathered to open a new facility dedicated to supporting human rights.
Thousands of students near Montgomery, Ala., walked Thursday, not only to mark Rosa Park's historic act, but to look forward.
Jerry Mitchell, an investigative reporter for The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger, will be recognized tonight at Columbia University for his effort to bring Klan killers to justice.
A former Southern Poverty Law Center client whose case led to the downfall of two of the nation's most militant Klan leaders was recently honored for his advocacy work in rural North Carolina.
The real number of hate crimes in the United States is more than 15 times higher than FBI statistics reflect, according to a stunning new government report.
In the days after Civil Rights leader Rosa Parks died, educators contacted the Center voicing their appreciation for Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks.
Hundreds of mourners paid their respects Friday to a Civil Rights icon who changed their city and the nation.