What happened next was a personal smear campaign that has played out in other communities across America as hard-right activists, dead-set on oppressing diversity and censoring reading materials, have targeted librarians, protested at library boards and attempted to pass legislation intended on e
While on the bench, half of the signatories have taken action demonstrating support of the SPLC-designated anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), including hiring ADF fellows a
Each year since 1990, the SPLC has published an annual census of hate groups operating within the United States. The number is a barometer, albeit only one, of the level of hate activity in the country. The hate map, which depicts the groups' approximate locations, is the result of a year of monitoring by analysts and researchers and is typically published annually. It represents activity by hate groups during the previous year.
Learn More About Hate GroupsThe SPLC also tracks white supremacist flyering in the U.S.
View a map of white supremacist flyeringHate groups use flyers to publicize, recruit, and intimidate.
We tracked 1,430 hate and extremist groups in 2023. Hate has no place in our country.