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SPLC: Allow Removal of Lafayette’s Confederate Monument Honoring Gen. Alfred Mouton to Proceed

October 08, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, October 12, during a court hearing in Lafayette, Louisiana, Move the Mindset (MTM) and community members will call on the 15th Judicial District Court to nullify a permanent injunction which prevents the...

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Values Voter Summit 2020: Annual gathering turns from demonizing LGBTQ community to Black Lives Matter, removal of Confederate symbols

September 20, 2020

SPLC Whose Heritage? Dataset Updates as of September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released an update to its Whose Heritage? report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States: Total number of Confederate symbols...

SPLC Whose Heritage? Dataset Updates as of September 1, 2020

September 01, 2020

SPLC Supports Advocates Calling on 15th Judicial District Court to Nullify Permanent Injunction Preventing Mouton Statue Removal

August 13, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, August 17, during a court hearing in Lafayette, Louisiana, Move the Mindset (MTM) and community members will call on the 15th Judicial District Court to nullify a permanent injunction which prevents the...

SPLC Whose Heritage? Dataset Updates as of August 11, 2020

August 11, 2020

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‘Courage can be Contagious’: Local activists lead an impassioned movement to rename schools honoring Confederate leaders

August 07, 2020

Liz Vinson

SPLC Action Fund Statement on Passage of House Appropriations Minibus Bill

July 31, 2020

WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the statement below after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.7617, a House appropriations bill with a vote of 217-197. The “minibus” bill contains...

SPLC Action Fund Calls on State Rep. Will Dismukes to Take Accountability and Reconcile with Alabama History

July 27, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The SPLC Action Fund Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to State Rep. Will Dismukes’ (R-Prattville, Ala.) public celebration of Nathan Bedford Forrest — a Confederate...

SPLC Action Fund Applauds U.S. House Vote to Remove Confederate Symbols in the 2021 Fiscal Year Appropriations Measures

July 24, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The SPLC Action Fund Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives voting 224-189 on a package of appropriations bills that include provisions to...

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