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SPLC Applauds Renaming of Military Base to Fort Gregg-Adams

April 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Susan Corke, director of the Intelligence Project , in response to renaming Fort Lee in Virginia. “We are thankful to see this military...

SPLC Rejects Bernie Moreno’s Notion of Reparations for White Civil War Descendants

April 26, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Tafeni English-Relf, director of the Alabama State Office, in response to Bernie Moreno ’s call for reparations for white descendants...

SPLC Statement on the Passing of Harry Belafonte, Jr.

April 25, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement in response to the death of Harry Belafonte, Jr., award-winning singer, actor, and civil rights activist. “Harry Belafonte was a passionate...

Voting Rights Groups File Emergency Motion to Lift Ban on Line Relief in 2024 Elections

April 24, 2023

ATLANTA – Today, voting rights organizations filed an emergency preliminary injunction motion to lift part of the restriction in Georgia’s anti-voter law, S.B. 202 , that blocks Georgians from providing food and water to voters...

SPLC Learning for Justice Director Responds to Ouster of Alabama Director of Early Childhood Education

April 24, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala . — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Jalaya Liles Dunn , director of the SPLC’s Learning for Justice, in response to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s decision to fire the...

Southern Poverty Law Center Seeks Federal Investigation of School Closures in Jefferson Parish School District

April 24, 2023

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an administrative complaint today with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, urging the department to investigate a decision by the...

SPLC Announces Annual Advocacy Institute Is Now Accepting Applications 

April 21, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s ( SPLC ) Mississippi State Office is pleased to announce the 2023 Advocacy Institute. Applications for the Advocacy Institute will be accepted through Monday, May 1. The annual...

SPLC Statement on the Stipulated Dismissal of SPLC v. DHS 

April 20, 2023

ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director of the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to the stipulated dismissal of Southern...

Wreath-Laying Ceremony Announcing Klunder “Learning for Justice” Fellowship

April 20, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Saturday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m. CT, the Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will celebrate and honor the social justice and civil rights work of Joanne...

Statement on Eleventh Circuit Ruling in City of South Miami v. DeSantis

April 14, 2023

MIAMI — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Americans for Immigrant Justice released the following statements in response to the Eleventh Circuit decision in the City of South Miami, et al. v. DeSantis, et al. , a case...

SPLC and Project South Seek Appeal of Decision Denying Class Certification in Forced Labor Lawsuit

April 13, 2023

ATLANTA — This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Project South and pro bono counsel, Perkins Coie LLP , petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a federal district court decision...

SPLC Reports 48 Confederate Memorials Removed in 2022

April 12, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Susan Corke, director of the Intelligence Project , in response to the 2022 release of its Whose Heritage? data and map , which tracks...

SPLC Releases Interactive Timeline of Patriot Front Activity

April 11, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released an interactive timeline tracking the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front . The group formed in 2017, following the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in...

SPLC Statement on Latest Death at Stewart Detention Center

April 07, 2023

ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement about the death of Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

SPLC’s Alabama State Office Partners with the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center to Celebrate Fair Housing Month

April 07, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Tuesday, April 11 at 1:30 p.m. CST , the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center (CAFHC) will host a virtual event celebrating Fair Housing Month. In recognition of the 55 th anniversary of the Federal Fair...

SPLC and The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community Respond to Developer’s Decision to Terminate Sale of Historic Property

March 31, 2023

EATONVILLE, Fla. — The Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) and The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community ( P.E.C. ) issued the following statement in response to the sale of most of the remaining acres of the historic...

Abuses at Florida ICE Detention Center Exposed by Mobile Billboard

March 31, 2023

MIAMI – Yesterday, immigrant rights organizations launched a mobile billboard campaign that highlights the abuses occurring at the Baker County Detention Center (Baker). The billboard, showcasing quotes from immigrants detained...

SPLC Statement on Court’s Denial of Class Certification in Lawsuit Challenging Forced Labor in Immigrant Detention Center

March 30, 2023

ATLANTA — This week, a federal judge in Georgia denied a request by individuals previously held at the Stewart Detention Center, a privately operated immigrant detention center in Stewart County, Georgia, to proceed as a class in...

SPLC Submits Public Comments on Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban

March 27, 2023

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) submitted public comments today in opposition to the Biden administration’s Proposed Rule entitled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways,” which would severely restrict access to...

The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community Sues Orange County Public School Board Over Historic Hungerford Property

March 27, 2023

EATONVILLE, Fla. — On Friday, Mar. 24, the Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC filed a complaint in state court against the Orange County Public School Board on behalf of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (...

Alabama Supreme Court Denies Judgeship for Elected Jefferson County Candidate and Gives it to Madison County

March 24, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Alabama Supreme Court permitted the Alabama Judicial Resources Allocation Commission (JRAC) to remove a judgeship from diverse Jefferson County to majority-white Madison County. This means Tiara...

Civil Rights Groups Ask U.S. Department of Education to Investigate Children’s Rights Violations at Angola Prison

March 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several civil rights groups sent a letter today urging the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the state’s decision to move children to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola – the nation’s largest...

Court Allows Remain in Mexico Lawsuit to Move Forward

March 17, 2023

ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS RIVERSIDE, Calif. — On Wednesday, a federal court largely denied the Biden administration’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit, Immigrant Defenders Law Center et al. v. Mayorkas , brought on behalf of people...

Injunction Granted Against Statutes that Criminalize Homelessness

March 14, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against state statutes that criminalize soliciting donations and begging, ruling that the statutes violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution...

Kwame Alexander Talks Race, Love and Hope at the Civil Rights Memorial Center

March 13, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Friday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. , the Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will host Kwame Alexander , author of “ An American Story. ” Joining the author...

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