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‘Good Trouble Quilts’: Civil Rights Memorial Center exhibit celebrates John Lewis
John Lewis – civil rights icon, 17-term Georgia congressman, orator, preacher, author and one of the nation’s most formidable and unwavering fighters for racial justice – was a man of action. In the indelible, era-defining newspaper photographs we remember of him in the 1960s, he is the 21-year-old co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee;…
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A New Era: SPLC launches innovative, inclusive and distinctive visual brand
I am delighted to share that the Southern Poverty Law Center has launched a new visual brand that centers communities in the South and honors our legacy of defending civil rights. Since 1971, the SPLC has worked to ensure the promise of equal justice by taking on the most hateful factions in the South and…
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SPLC wins Anthem Award for story about mistreatment of Black men in immigrant detention
When the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Liz Vinson started documenting immigrant justice issues as part of the organization’s editorial team, she knew she had found a subject that drew on her passion to lift up those in need. This week, her dedication to telling the stories of people unfairly incarcerated for seeking U.S. citizenship was…
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‘Agonizing Moment’: Deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols again demonstrates urgent need to transform law enforcement
The horrific, deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by police is another searing example of the deep legacy of anti-Black racism in law enforcement. While the Memphis Police Department quickly fired the officers involved and the Shelby County district attorney promptly charged the officers with second-degree murder, the fact that this police-led execution happened in the…
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The Southern Poverty Law Center Condemns Dragging of Disabled Community Activist by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Dept. at City Council Meeting
JACKSONVILLE — This week, Northside Coalition of Jacksonville President Ben Frazier was dragged and detained by Jacksonville Sheriff’s department officers for going over the time limit during the public comment section of a city council meeting. The following statement is from Bacardi Jackson, interim deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “The Southern Poverty Law Center…
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‘Traveling While Black’: Virtual reality exhibit at Civil Rights Memorial Center will immerse audiences in Black experience on the road
As a young boy, Roger Ross Williams would travel with his mother, a single woman who worked as a house cleaner in a small Pennsylvania town, to visit relatives on their farm in Charleston, South Carolina. “We would pack everything into the car, and we did it in one shot. We never stopped. I never…
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50 Forward: An evening with the SPLC looks ahead to the next half century
The Southern Poverty Law Center commemorated its 51st anniversary tonight at a celebration that recalled its singular, historic achievements as one of the country’s most prominent civil rights organizations. SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang laid out the vision for the organization’s next 50 years by sharing the SPLC’s new vision for racial justice in…
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‘Nothing out of Reach’: SPLC celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month amid challenges for Latinx community
Since 1968, the histories, cultures and contributions of the Latinx community to the United States are celebrated during National Hispanic Heritage Month. For many people in the Latinx community, this month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15) is about pride for who they are and honoring their roots. For Maria del Rosario Palacios, who lives in…
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Reclaiming History: Museum documents deadly explosion that devastated a Black community in Georgia
Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of injuries sustained from a fatal explosion. The wail of the sirens seemed to go on forever. Playing with friends outside her elementary school on a mild February day in 1971, 9-year-old Melissa Jackson wished the piercing noise would stop. She could not have imagined that the sound…
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‘Movement and Space’: Civil Rights Memorial Center releases new community guide to help fight racism in America
The predominantly white neighborhood where I live is lined with tall, moss-covered trees that began their climb toward the sky before the Montgomery Bus Boycott energized the civil rights movement, before it was legal for Black people like me to live there. I spent a year in this tranquil neighborhood until my sense of security…
