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SPLC Remembers the Charleston Church Shooting Victims and Survivors

June 17, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today marks the sixth anniversary of the Charleston Church massacre. The following statement is from SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks: “Today is the sixth anniversary of the Charleston Church massacre and we...

SPLC: Attorney General’s Decisions Are Important First Step in Re-establishing Rights of Asylum Seekers

June 16, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decisions vacating key pieces of the Trump administration’s systematic assault on the U.S. asylum process, Peter Isbister, Senior Lead Attorney with the Southern...

More than 300 Confederate Symbols Removed, Yet Hate Still Stands

June 15, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On Thursday, June 17, POV will host a roundtable Facebook live event featuring activist Bree Newsome, documentary director CJ Hunt, and SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks discussing the future of the Confederate...

Voting Rights Groups Sue to Block New Restrictions that Make Voter Registration Much Harder in Florida

June 14, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Today, Fair Elections Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit to challenge Florida Senate Bill 90, an omnibus voting rights bill that, among other things, requires civic organizations...

SPLC: New OSHA Safety Standards Fail Workers

June 10, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Julia Solórzano, a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement responding to Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA)...

SPLC to The Citadel: Don’t Miss This Opportunity to Get on the Right Side of History

June 10, 2021

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel recently began the process of demolishing Capers Hall, which was named for two brothers who fought to preserve chattel slavery during the Civil War. The following statement is from SPLC Chief of...

SPLC Applauds Unanimous Charlottesville City Council Vote to Remove Two Confederate Statues from Public Parks

June 09, 2021

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Charlottesville City Council unanimously voted to remove two statues of Confederate generals in its parks from public display. The statue of Robert E. Lee was the focal point for the Unite the Right...

SPLC Responds to Vice President Harris: Seeking Asylum is a Fundamental Right

June 09, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sarah Rich, a senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement responding to comments made by Vice President Kamala Harris. “Seeking protection from...

Serving National Guardsman Sought to Build White Power Army

June 08, 2021

WASHINGTON - A serving national guardsman and U.S. Marine Corps veteran helped the accelerationist organization, The Base , plan a white power army, according to a new report published in Hatewatch. The piece, which follows his...

Fund Georgia’s Future: State Efforts to Whitewash Curriculum Is a Distraction from the Real Problem Facing our Schools

June 04, 2021

GEORGIA – The Georgia Board of Education voted last night to approve a resolution banning classroom discussion about racism and white supremacy. Last month, Governor Brian Kemp sent a letter to the board urging them to take “...

Federal Judge Approves Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Children with Mental Health Needs in Louisiana

June 02, 2021

NEW ORLEANS, La. – U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson ruled last week that a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s failure to provide intensive home and community-based mental health services, as required by law, to Medicaid-...

SPLC: Community Activists Force Reckoning with Racist Public School Names in Jacksonville

June 02, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Last night, the Duval County School Board voted in favor of changing the names of six public schools named after Confederate leaders. Their decision follows the will of the community, which chose to remove...

SPLC Responds to DHS Ending Remain in Mexico Policy

June 02, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Melissa Crow, a senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement responding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally ending the Migrant...

SPLC: It’s Time to Eliminate the Filibuster and Make the U.S. Senate a Majority-Rule Body

May 28, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The U.S. Senate, in a 35-54 vote today, filibustered the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The following statement is from Margaret Huang, president...

SPLC: Reviving Rocket Docket a Serious Misstep

May 28, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gracie Willis, a staff attorney, with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project released the following statement on the proposed Dedicated Docket announced today by the Executive Office for...

SPLC Finds 64 New Confederate Symbols Associated with the Military

May 26, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released new data updating the number of Confederate symbols associated with the military as part of its Whose Heritage? report , which tracks symbols of the...

Georgia-based Disability Rights Groups Join Fight Against Georgia’s Anti-Voter Law SB 202

May 26, 2021

ATLANTA — Three prominent Georgia-based disability rights groups have joined the broad-based alliance of Georgia voters, civil rights groups, and activists fighting against the implementation of the state’s unconstitutional and...

SPLC: Truth-Telling is a Good First Step; Much Work Left to be Done

May 25, 2021

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Stone Mountain Memorial Association recently approved several resolutions which will bring long overdue changes to Stone Mountain Park, including relocating Confederate flags from the base of the mountain,...

New Season of Sounds Like Hate 2 Podcast Forces Reckoning With Confederate Symbols in the South

May 24, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In the second season of the Sounds Like Hate podcast, debuting May 26, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) shifts its focus to the South, as activists in Alabama, Georgia and Texas bring renewed energy and...

SPLC: Florida’s Failed Challenge to ICE Guidance Is State’s Latest Effort to Demonize Immigrants

May 21, 2021

MIAMI – A federal judge in the Middle District of Florida on Thursday denied the state of Florida’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the Biden administration's interim Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

SPLC to Duval County School Board: Follow the Community’s Lead

May 21, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Recently, the Duval County Public Schools’ Renaming Canvassing Board counted all votes. The results confirm that the Jacksonville community is ready to leave the Confederacy behind by renaming all of schools...

Southern Poverty Law Center demands justice following release of video showing police beating Black man in Louisiana to death

May 20, 2021

NEW ORLEANS --The Associated Press (AP) released a video showing the arrest and beating of Ronald Greene by Louisiana State troopers in 2019 in Monroe, Louisiana. Greene, a Black man, was stopped following a traffic chase and...

Survivors of ICE Detention and Advocates React to DHS Decision to Cut Detention Contracts

May 20, 2021

OCILLA, Ga. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its contracts with the Bristol County Detention Center in North Dartmouth, Mass., and the Irwin County...

Advocates Sue Alabama Department of Human Resources for Illegally Placing Children in Foster Care in Harmful Psychiatric Residential Facilities

May 20, 2021

Montgomery, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) discriminates against foster children and youth with mental impairments by unnecessarily segregating them in restrictive, psychiatric residential treatment...

  Southern Poverty Law Center praised executive action to ensure legal representation for people affected by low income

May 19, 2021

MONTGOMERY -- President Biden took executive action to ensure low-or no income individuals have better access to legal representation. The President signed a memorandum directing the Department of Justice to restore key functions...

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