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The Southern Poverty Law Center Announces Launch of its New Advocacy Institute

April 21, 2022

JACKSON, Miss. -- Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced the launch of its new Advocacy Institute , a training ground for emerging activists and advocates across the state who are interested in advancing issues...

The Southern Poverty Law Center Pursues Public Records into Criteria Behind Florida’s Math Textbook Ban

April 20, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a public records request with the Florida Department of Education this week seeking all records relat ed to their recent rejection of 54 math textbooks that they...

Eknes-Tucker, et al. v. Ivey, et al.

LGBTQ Rights

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April 19, 2022

After Alabama legislators passed a law criminalizing healthcare for transgender children and adolescents, the Southern Poverty Law Center joined a coalition of civil rights advocates to file a federal lawsuit challenging the law on behalf of a group of families, a reverend and two health care...

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Homegrown Controversy: Alabama county’s zoning efforts allegedly disenfranchise Black property owners

April 15, 2022

Dwayne Fatherree

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER APPLAUDS DESIGNATION OF CAMEROON FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS

April 15, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rose Murray, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) of the Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement responding to today’s...

SPLC Condemns Mississippi Governor’s Proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month

April 15, 2022

JACKSON, MS.- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Mississippi State Director Waikinya Clanton released the following statement condemning Governor Tate Reeves proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month. “Despite every effort...

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White Nationalists Linked to Accused St. Louis Mural Vandal Identified

April 14, 2022

Jeff Tischauser

Hatewatch has identified a ringleader of the Patriot Front group alleged to have destroyed a mural depicting famous Black Americans on a college campus in St. Louis, Missouri last December.

The Blank Slate Movement Comes to Alabama!

April 12, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), unveiled the Blank Slate Monument, created by Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo , to the Alabama community earlier...

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‘Blank Slate’: Monument on display at Civil Rights Memorial Center honors Black suffering, endurance and hope

April 12, 2022

Rhonda Sonnenberg

blank slate monument statue holds sign that says 'The March Continues'

The SPLC Expresses Disappointment in Acquittal and Mistrial Verdicts in Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot

April 08, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, a jury acquitted Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta, two of the four hard-right militia extremists charged in the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. The jury was deadlocked...

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The Southern Poverty Law Center Announces Launch of its New Advocacy Institute

The Southern Poverty Law Center Pursues Public Records into Criteria Behind Florida’s Math Textbook Ban

Eknes-Tucker, et al. v. Ivey, et al.

Date Filed

Homegrown Controversy: Alabama county’s zoning efforts allegedly disenfranchise Black property owners

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER APPLAUDS DESIGNATION OF CAMEROON FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS

SPLC Condemns Mississippi Governor’s Proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month

White Nationalists Linked to Accused St. Louis Mural Vandal Identified

The Blank Slate Movement Comes to Alabama!

‘Blank Slate’: Monument on display at Civil Rights Memorial Center honors Black suffering, endurance and hope

The SPLC Expresses Disappointment in Acquittal and Mistrial Verdicts in Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot

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