SPLC President Condemns Trump’s Move to Rename Military Bases with Confederate Leaders’ Names — Read more

  • SPLC
  • Learning for Justice
  • Civil Rights Memorial Center
  • Press Center
  • Donate
    • Support Us
    • Member Center
    • Friends of the Center

    Seen us on TV?
SPLC Home
  • Racial Justice Issues
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
    • Dismantling White Supremacy
    • Ending Unjust Imprisonment
    • Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
    Together We Fight

    Together We Fight

  • Find Resources
    Elevating Hope
    • Hopewatch
    • Civil Rights Memorial Center
    • Apathy Is Not An Option Podcast
    Tracking Hate
    • Extremist Files
    • Hate Map
    • Hatewatch
    • Report Hate
    • Techwatch
    • Case Docket
    • Policy Advocacy
    • Resources
    • Reports
    • Stories
    • Toolkits, Guides, and How-Tos
    Hate Map

    Hate Map

    Elevating Hope
    • Hopewatch
    • Civil Rights Memorial Center
    • Apathy Is Not An Option Podcast
    Tracking Hate
    • Extremist Files
    • Hate Map
    • Hatewatch
    • Report Hate
    • Techwatch
    • Case Docket
    • Policy Advocacy
    • Resources
    • Reports
    • Stories
    • Toolkits, Guides, and How-Tos
  • State Support
    • Alabama
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Louisiana
    • Mississippi

More

  • Stories
  • Press Center
  • Contact
  • Report Hate

About

  • Our History
  • Impact Report
  • State Offices
  • Careers
  • Open RFPs
  • Financial Information

Ways to Give

  • Member Center
  • Planned Giving
  • Stock Gifts
  • Donor Advised Funds
  • IRA Gifts
  • Workplace Giving
  • Annuity Gifts
  • Peer to Peer
  • FAQs
Clear
Showing results 1-10 of 13
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Page

    SPLC Mississippi Advocacy Institute Application

    The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Advocacy Institute in Mississippi is an annual nine-week training program designed to help provide practical, hands-on experience and training in the field of advocacy. This application is for fellows who will be taught how voting can bring positive change at the local level, how to forge coalitions and uplift communities, and how…

    December 30, 2024
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Story

    Vote Your Voice grantee puts public education on the agenda in Mississippi

    Almost two decades ago, Nancy Loome received a call from her state representative in Clinton, Mississippi. It was a plea: Could she stop telling people to contact him about his record on education funding? After three days of persistent calls and emails, he felt harassed at every turn. “I thought, that’s great,” she said. “That’s…

    September 6, 2024

    Safiya Charles

    Vote Your Voice grantee puts public education on the agenda in Mississippi
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Hopewatch

    Energizing and registering voters with Mississippi’s Got Now: Road to 60

    Sixty years after Freedom Summer began in Mississippi to register Black voters, the Southern Poverty Law Center this month launched the Mississippi’s Got Now: Road to 60: Reigniting the Fight for Freedom voter engagement campaign. This effort by the SPLC and its partners aims to register 60,000 new or inactive voters in Mississippi with the…

    May 7, 2024

    Waikinya Clanton

    Energizing and registering voters with Mississippi’s Got Now: Road to 60
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Story

    Mississippi HBCU students join Hip-Hop Text-a-Thon event to mobilize voters

    Sitting in a lecture hall at Jackson State University’s College of Business in Mississippi, professor D’Andra Orey took an informal poll of the dozen or so political science students. “How many of y’all are registered to vote?” he asked. Just about every hand in the room shot up. “And how many of y’all plan to…

    November 2, 2023

    Safiya Charles

    Mississippi HBCU students join Hip-Hop Text-a-Thon event to mobilize voters
    • Press Release
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Press

    SPLC and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Announce Recipients of Vote Your Voice Field Strengthening Grants

    Grants will empower communities of color through funding for voter registration and mobilization, civic engagement, and leadership development in the Deep South

    October 23, 2023

    Kiaira Nixon

    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Case

    Ann Saunders, et al. v. State of Mississippi, et al.

    After Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed legislation creating a special judicial district within the city of Jackson where judges would be appointed rather than elected – and ultimately disenfranchise Black voters – the Southern Poverty Law Center filed an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit by other advocacy groups challenging the action as a violation of…

    June 13, 2023
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Case

    Disability Rights Mississippi, et al. v. Lynn Fitch, et al.

    After Mississippi enacted a law that violates the right of residents with disabilities to receive voting assistance from the person of their choice, the Southern Poverty Law Center and its partners challenged the law in federal court. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Disability Rights Mississippi, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi and three…

    May 31, 2023
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Case

    Dyamone White, et al. v. State Board of Election Commissioners, et al.

    The Southern Poverty Law Center and allied organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging the voting district lines used to elect members of the Mississippi Supreme Court. The suit contends that the lines, which have not been adjusted in 35 years, dilute the voting strength of Black voters. The state’s population is nearly 40% Black, a…

    April 25, 2022
    • Press Release
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Press

    SPLC Reports Reveal Current Conditions of Racial Discrimination in Voting in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi

    Restored Voting Rights Act needed to dismantle present and future barriers to the ballot box

    August 16, 2021
    • Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights

    Case

    Parham v. Watson

    The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies challenged the constitutionality of Mississippi’s burdensome absentee ballot requirements to ensure all voters have the opportunity to cast a ballot during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the November 2020 general election. The federal lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District for the Southern District of Mississippi with Lawyers’…

    August 27, 2020
1 2
Next

Get the latest updates from
Southern Poverty Law Center.











  • Racial Justice Issues
  • Find Resources
  • State Support
  • Support Us
  • Careers
  • Class Action Lawsuits
  • Press Center
  • Contact Us
  • Member Center
  • The Civil Rights Memorial Center
  • Learning for Justice
Southern Poverty Law Center
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

SPLC is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization (EIN: 63-0598743)

The Southern Poverty Law Center
400 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104

  • Privacy & Terms
  • Accessibility Statement

© Copyright 2025 SPLC. All Rights Reserved.