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SPLC Action Fund Urges Defense Secretary Mark Esper to Remove Confederate Symbols from its Installations Around the World

July 16, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — SPLC Action Fund Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s four-page memo that calls for expanded diversity within the military, but omits any...

SPLC Action Fund Urges Defense Secretary Mark Esper to Remove Confederate Symbols from its Installations Around the World

July 16, 2020

SPLC Action Fund Calls for Montgomery Public Schools to Rename Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Sidney Lanier High Schools

July 13, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On Tuesday night, July 14, during a board meeting of the Montgomery Public Schools, a group of alumni, students and community members will call on members to eliminate Confederate iconography and rename...

SPLC Action Fund Responds to President Trump Threatening to Veto the Department of Defense Authorization Bill

July 01, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to President Trump’s tweet threatening to veto the Department of Defense Authorization bill if it includes the amendment...

SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks Responds to the U.S. Army’s Delay in Banning and Removing Confederate Names on Military Assets

June 26, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to Army leaders announcing that they will hold off on banning Confederate symbols and renaming installations currently named for...

SPLC Releases Updates to Whose Heritage Dataset

June 24, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released an update to its Whose Heritage report which tracks public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States. The report shows that nearly 1,800...

SPLC Statement on Noose Found in Bubba Wallace’s Garage at Talladega Superspeedway

June 22, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lecia Brooks issued the following statement after a noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. “It is extremely troubling, yet...

SPLC Statement on Removal of Confederate Portraits from U.S. Capitol on Juneteenth

June 19, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lecia Brooks issued the following statement after portraits of Confederate leaders Robert Hunter, James Orr, Howell Cobb, and Charles Crisp were removed from the U.S. Capitol...

SPLC Action Fund: Facebook Removes Trump’s Re-Election Campaign Ads for Using Nazi Symbols

June 18, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement after Facebook removed Trump campaign ads that used a red upside-down triangle. Trump later claimed that the symbol is used by Antifa, but it is...

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It’s Time for the Entire U.S. Military to Ban Confederate Symbols

June 15, 2020

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SPLC Action Fund Urges Defense Secretary Mark Esper to Remove Confederate Symbols from its Installations Around the World

SPLC Action Fund Urges Defense Secretary Mark Esper to Remove Confederate Symbols from its Installations Around the World

SPLC Action Fund Calls for Montgomery Public Schools to Rename Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Sidney Lanier High Schools

SPLC Action Fund Responds to President Trump Threatening to Veto the Department of Defense Authorization Bill

SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks Responds to the U.S. Army’s Delay in Banning and Removing Confederate Names on Military Assets

SPLC Releases Updates to Whose Heritage Dataset

SPLC Statement on Noose Found in Bubba Wallace’s Garage at Talladega Superspeedway

SPLC Statement on Removal of Confederate Portraits from U.S. Capitol on Juneteenth

SPLC Action Fund: Facebook Removes Trump’s Re-Election Campaign Ads for Using Nazi Symbols

It’s Time for the Entire U.S. Military to Ban Confederate Symbols

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