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SPLC Action Statement on House Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability

June 10, 2020

Washington, DC. — SPLC Action President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement ahead of today’s U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement: “Our nation’s policing system...

SPLC Urges All Branches of Military Take Action and Remove Confederate Symbols from its Installations Around the World

June 09, 2020

Read SPLC's report "Whose Heritage: Public Symbols of the Confederacy." MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) sent letters to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the...

SPLC Action Fund: Trump Campaign Email Incites Division and Violence

June 05, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — SPLC Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the following statement after the Trump campaign sent an email to his “fiercest and most loyal defenders” calling on them to join...

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SPLC Joins National Day of Mourning

June 04, 2020

SPLC Joins National Day of Mourning

June 04, 2020

MONTGOMERY — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joins social justice organizations and millions of people from across the country in a National Day of Mourning to grieve the lives of Black people killed by police and...

SPLC Action Responds to Attack on Peaceful Protest for Trump Photo

June 02, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Southern Poverty Law Center Action President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below regarding tear gas and flash grenades being used against peaceful protesters Monday before...

SPLC Responds to Recent Killings of Black People

May 29, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Margaret Huang, president and chief executive officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center, issued the below statement following the recent string of killings of Black people across the country: “The SPLC joins...

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SPLC Responds to Recent Killings of Black People

May 29, 2020

Margaret Huang

The SPLC joins our allies in condemning the recent police killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed and Breonna Taylor.

SPLC Action Fund Statement on Passage of HEROES Act

May 15, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, the fifth legislative package aimed at addressing the country’s public health and economic needs during...

HEROES Act Offers Meaningful Assistance to Communities of Color in Deep South

May 14, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tomorrow, the U.S. House is expected to vote on the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act. This is the fifth legislative package aimed at addressing the country’s public health...

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SPLC Action Statement on House Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability

SPLC Urges All Branches of Military Take Action and Remove Confederate Symbols from its Installations Around the World

SPLC Action Fund: Trump Campaign Email Incites Division and Violence

SPLC Joins National Day of Mourning

SPLC Joins National Day of Mourning

SPLC Action Responds to Attack on Peaceful Protest for Trump Photo

SPLC Responds to Recent Killings of Black People

SPLC Responds to Recent Killings of Black People

SPLC Action Fund Statement on Passage of HEROES Act

HEROES Act Offers Meaningful Assistance to Communities of Color in Deep South

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