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Anti-Confederate Billboard Urges Removal of Jim Crow Statue from Putnam County Courthouse Grounds

June 29, 2022

PALATKA, Fla. – On Tuesday, the Southern Poverty Law Center raised a billboard in support of the Putnam Alliance For Equity and Justice , which has been advocating for the removal of a Confederate monument from the entrance to...

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Rights at Risk: Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade will roll back progress for many in Deep South 

June 24, 2022

Margaret Huang

Dobbs Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Roll Back the Human Rights of Many in the Deep South 

June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C . – – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Mississippi’s ban on all abortions after 15 weeks, overturning the Court’s own 1973 landmark decision in Roe v. Wade.          The Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson...

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SPLC unites with teen artists to paint inspiring mural

June 21, 2022

Rhonda Sonnenberg

Student artists stand by finished mural at SPLC building

Part Two of “Sounds Like Hate” Podcast Drops

June 21, 2022

RICHMOND — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) dropped the third episode in the fourth season of its acclaimed podcast, Sounds Like Hate . The second installment of “Wake-Up Call” leads award-winning co-hosts Jamila...

SPLC CALLS FOR PROTECTIONS FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS ON WORLD REFUGEE DAY 2022

June 20, 2022

ATLANTA – Efrén C. Olivares , Deputy Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project , released the following statement to join the  United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)  to observe...

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SPLC’s Summer Reading List

June 19, 2022

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Under Attack: Virginia Military Institute’s culture is forced to change — but how much?

June 17, 2022

Rhonda Sonnenberg

CIVIL AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMN SIGNING OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILL (SB 1808) BY GOV. DESANTIS

June 17, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Civil rights and immigrants’ rights organizations across the state denounced Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signing of SB 1808 into law today. The groups say the law is discriminatory and seeks to unjustly and unlawfully...

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Defending Students’ Rights: SPLC awarded grant to promote education equity and decarceration of youth

June 16, 2022

Liz Vinson

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Anti-Confederate Billboard Urges Removal of Jim Crow Statue from Putnam County Courthouse Grounds

Rights at Risk: Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade will roll back progress for many in Deep South

Dobbs Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Roll Back the Human Rights of Many in the Deep South

SPLC unites with teen artists to paint inspiring mural

Part Two of “Sounds Like Hate” Podcast Drops

SPLC CALLS FOR PROTECTIONS FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS ON WORLD REFUGEE DAY 2022

SPLC’s Summer Reading List

Under Attack: Virginia Military Institute’s culture is forced to change — but how much?

CIVIL AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMN SIGNING OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILL (SB 1808) BY GOV. DESANTIS

Defending Students’ Rights: SPLC awarded grant to promote education equity and decarceration of youth

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