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The Justice Department has announced a new investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. Till's story is part of the Center publication Free At Last, soon to be reissued.
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Music inspired by students encourages tolerance in the classroom.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center is joining with Harvard's Civil Rights Project to study diversity in public schools, a subject that has gone more than two decades without serious research.
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The Alabama Supreme Court turned down an appeal by former chief justice Roy Moore, who sought reinstatement to the position after his ouster for judicial misconduct.
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In a resounding rejection of an attempt to assume control of the environmentalist Sierra Club, members today voted down anti-immigration candidates in the Club's board elections.
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The Center was nominated today for the prestigious Distinguished Achievement Awards, presented by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) for several of its tolerance education products.
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The Center has filed a federal law suit requesting that a Mississippi juvenile prison allow court advocates to speak with youth, a move which would allow the children to speak out in court.
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A groundbreaking case and new legislation hope to end 'torture' of incarcerated youth.
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Hosted by the Gonzaga Institute for Action Against Hate in association with the Center, a Spokane conference took crucial steps toward establishing the academic field of hate studies. Center co-founder Morris Dees attended and gave a keynote address.
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Montgomery activist Johnnie Carr, who has worked for civil rights for a half-century, was honored with the third Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award March 18, sponsored by the Center and Troy State University Montgomery.
