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Voting Rights Groups File Litigation to Protect Voting Rights of Mississippians with Disabilities

May 31, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Mississippi Center for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU-MS and Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) filed a federal lawsuit challenging S.B. 2358...

New Motions Filed in Lawsuit Challenging Georgia’s Omnibus Anti-Voter Law Seek to Defend Against Racial Discrimination and Remove Barriers to Absentee Voting

May 31, 2023

ATLANTA — Voting rights organizations have filed motions for preliminary injunctive relief to lift barriers to voting for the 2024 elections in Georgia. The latest motion, filed last night, challenges provisions of S.B. 202 for...

Civil Rights Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Use Executive Authority to Protect Immigrant Families and Workers

May 25, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, as first reported by The Hill , a coalition of prominent civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration calling on President Joe Biden to take all actions within his authority to protect...

SPLC Seeks Hearing to Address Cobb County School District’s Retaliation and Continued Violation of Student’s Disability Rights

May 24, 2023

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) petitioned the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings for a due process hearing on behalf of a five-year-old student with multiple disabilities who...

SPLC Celebrates Historic Appointment of Nancy Abudu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit 

May 18, 2023

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate made history today by confirming Nancy Abudu to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Abudu is now the first African American woman, second woman of color, and only the third...

Voting and Civil Rights Groups Challenge Inequity in Access to Voting Under Georgia Law

May 17, 2023

WASHINGTON — Voting and civil rights groups filed an emergency preliminary injunction motion seeking to lift restrictions in Georgia’s anti-voter law, S.B. 202 , that target voters with disabilities. These S.B 202 provisions...

SPLC Mourns the Passing of Former Selma Mayor George Evans

May 16, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Selma Mayor George P. Evans passed away on Monday, May 15. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reflects on Mr. Evans’ legacy of community and public service. “George Evans was one of those rare...

Ending Title 42 Presents an Opportunity to Create a Fair and Just Immigration System

May 11, 2023

Versión española abajo. / Ayisyen vèsyon kreyòl anba a. WASHINGTON — Today, the migrant expulsion policy issued under Title 42 , originally adopted by the Trump administration to turn away people seeking asylum at the border,...

Voting Rights Groups Reach Settlement with Jacksonville City Council, Ensuring Fairer Maps for Next Twelve Years

May 09, 2023

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Today, local voting rights groups, Jacksonville residents and the Jacksonville City Council agreed to continue using maps ordered by a federal court that provide fair representation to Black communities...

SPLC Files DOJ Complaint to Address Ongoing Discrimination in Jefferson Parish School District

May 08, 2023

(in English, Spanish and Arabic) JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) submitted an administrative complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice seeking federal...

SPLC Files Complaint Requesting U.S. Treasury Investigate Discriminatory Funding in Jackson Water Crisis

May 05, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. —The Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of the Treasury on behalf of residents of Jackson, Mississippi, against the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ...

SPLC Applauds Seditious Conspiracy Conviction of Proud Boys

May 04, 2023

WASHINGTON— Today, jurors reached a verdict in the case of United States of America v Tarrio et al. , finding Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the Proud Boys , and members including Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl...

SPLC Calls on the Jefferson Parish School Board to Halt School Closure Plans

May 02, 2023

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. – On Wednesday, May 3, the Jefferson Parish School Board plans to vote on new school attendance zones after announcing they will close six schools at the end of the school year. Those schools serve...

SPLC Condemns Celebration of the Confederacy at Stone Mountain Park

April 28, 2023

ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Susan Corke, director of the Intelligence Project , in response to the Stone Mountain Memorial Association (SMMA), the board that runs Stone...

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...

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