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Sapelo Island residents fight to keep Georgiaâs last Gullah Geechee community
When Hurricane Helene rampaged up the Atlantic coast last month, it was no surprise for the residents of Sapelo Island that their community lost power in its wake. âWe had a six-day power outage,â Reginald Hall, a native of the island who left for several years before returning in 1994, texted after power was restored.…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
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Hate Crimes Awareness Month: SPLC urges action to stem bias-motivated violence
Two years ago, a self-described white supremacist, wearing body armor and a military helmet, opened fire with an assault-style rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo; New York. In a matter of minutes, 10 people, all Black, were dead and three more were injured. The carnage on May 14, 2022, was not an act of random…
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- Eliminating Poverty
- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
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Alabama town stops prosecutions for late garbage bills after SPLC advocacy
In the video: Marissa Davis of Chickasaw, Alabama, talks about the frustration of having her garbage collection suspended after she fell behind on her trash and sewage bills. (Credit: Hillary Hudson) Growing up in Detroit, JosĂ© Young saw firsthand how easy it was for young people to end up on the wrong side of the…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Hate & Extremism
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Follow Our Fight
The SPLC, established in 1971, has been tireless in identifying and rooting out extremist groups to create a fair, inclusive and unified nation. We are a nonprofit advocacy organization serving as a catalyst for racial justice throughout the South. We work in partnership with communities of color to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements through…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Wall Street analyst to walk from DC to NYC to promote corporate equity measures
Cid Wilson is no Che Guevara. A longtime top Wall Street analyst with a wide network of contacts in the financial sector, Wilson, the president and CEO of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), is generally more comfortable fighting his battles in boardrooms than on the streets. But since Sept. 17, when he set…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
- Voting Rights â MS
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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. âI thought, thatâs great,â she said. âThatâs…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Hate & Extremism
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Activists in Alabama city continue fight to contextualize Confederate monument
The City Council meeting on May 7 was the last straw for Camille Bennett. Three months later, that frustration materialized into a 10-by-22-foot billboard along the main boulevard running through Florence, a scenic city along the Tennessee River in the northwest corner of Alabama. The billboard depicts two council members with a message to the…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
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Advocacy and Legislative Resources
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and its affiliate organization, the 501c(4) SPLC Action Fund, are public interest advocacy organizations working in the Deep South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi) to eliminate the structural racism and inequalities that fuel the oppression of Black, Indigenous and other people of color. Our policy work includes administrative…
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Back on the job: Alabama townâs first Black mayor reinstated, sworn into office
Editorâs note: This is the fourth part of a four-part series. Read previous entries here: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. It was a typical Friday afternoon in Newbern, Alabama, when vehicles started arriving in the parking lot across the street from the town hall complex. Outside of timber-hauling season, traffic through the center of town along State Road…
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Update on the Impact of Shelby v. Holder in the Deep South