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Anti-Confederate Billboard Urges Duval County School Board to Rename Schools Lionizing Confederates and Colonizers

May 17, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In observance of the 67-year anniversary of the unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Southern Poverty Law Center raised a new billboard in support of the Jacksonville community and grassroots...

Formerly Detained Immigrants to Biden: End Immigrant Detention

May 13, 2021

ATLANTA – A group of nearly 30 immigrants formerly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today sent a letter to the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon...

SPLC: Incarcerated Transgender Woman Demands Transfer to Female Facility, End to Retaliation

May 12, 2021

ATLANTA, Ga. – Today, a federal judge heard an emergency motion in a case charging the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) with violating the constitutional rights of Ashley Diamond, a Black, transgender woman currently...

SPLC Kicks Off New Season of 'SOUNDS LIKE HATE' Podcast

May 12, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The new season of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) original podcast — Sounds Like Hate — was released today. This season goes deeper into the dangers and peril of everyday people who engage in extremism...

Alamance County Anti-Confederate Billboard Asks Residents to Choose Love Over Hate

May 11, 2021

GRAHAM, N.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center raised a new billboard in support of the North Carolina Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities (NC CRED), which supports groups like Alamance Alliance 4 Justice, the Alamance...

SPLC’s Learning for Justice Program Responds to Backlash Against Educators Addressing Race in Schools

May 07, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Southern Poverty Law Center’s Learning for Justice program curriculum and resources have recently sparked outrage and opposition from conservative groups, like the Heritage Foundation, who want educators to...

SPLC Releases National Polling Finding Strong Support for Securing Right to Vote and Strengthening American Democracy

May 05, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the results of a national poll of 1000 representative voters in the United States, conducted by Tulchin Research , finding widespread support for...

PASCO Coalition Responds to Revised Agreement between Pasco County School Board and Sheriff

May 04, 2021

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - The PASCO Coalition issued the following statement today after the Pasco County School Board and Sheriff’s Office announced changes to its predictive policing program without community input during a school...

PASCO Coalition Demands School District End Illegal Surveillance Program

May 04, 2021

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The People Against the Surveillance of Children and Over-policing (PASCO) Coalition sent an 12-page letter today urging the Pasco County School District to immediately end all student data-sharing agreements...

New Season of SPLC Podcast SOUNDS LIKE HATE to Drop Next Week

May 04, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The new season of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) original podcast — Sounds Like Hate — kicks off next week with the first episode featuring stories of two young people and their paths to...

SPLC: This May Day, Honor the Rights of Immigrant Workers

May 01, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In commemoration of International Workers’ Day, or May Day, Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement. “As we celebrate the achievements of workers and their...

SPLC Analysis Highlights Propaganda Effort Surrounding Chauvin Trial

April 29, 2021

Montgomery, Ala. – A new analysis published by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch highlights the effort by white supremacists, far-right extremists and other pundits to spread racist conspiracy theories during and...

Biden-Harris Administration Making Strides; Yet Much More Needed on Immigration Reform

April 29, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project and Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative released the following statements. On...

SPLC Awards More Than $11 million to 55 Civic Groups across Deep South as Part of Its Vote Your Voice Initiative

April 29, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced Vote Your Voice grants to 55 civic groups and voter outreach organizations across the Deep South totaling $11,285,000. Earlier rounds of Vote Your Voice...

SPLC Kicks Off 2021 Confederate Billboard Campaign in Alabama

April 27, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center launched its 2021 Confederate Billboard campaign in Florence, Alabama. In 2017, local advocacy group Project Say Something initially appealed for contextualization of the...

SPLC Looks Forward to Stone Mountain Park Changes; Urges Community to Stay Engaged

April 27, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Stone Mountain Memorial Association held its first meeting under the new leadership of Rev. Abraham Mosley, the first African American to lead the state’s authority in its 60-year history, to discuss future...

New Coalition Formed to End Pasco County’s Predictive Policing Program

April 26, 2021

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Today, 30 local, state-based, and national organizations announced the formation of the PASCO Coalition, People Against the Surveillance of Children and Overpolicing, to call on the Pasco County School...

Following Government’s Forced ‘Death Flight’ Deportations and Torture of Black Immigrants, Advocates Seek Answers

April 26, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Civil rights attorneys today submitted a pair of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the federal government seeking information on the government’s use of force, including the use of pepper spray, to...

SPLC Condemns the Observance of Confederate Memorial Day

April 26, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The following statement is from SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks: “Since Reconstruction, Confederate symbols have been used by white supremacists as tools of racial terror. The United Daughters of the...

SPLC Statement Observing Day of Silence

April 22, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Scott McCoy, SPLC Action Fund interim deputy legal director, LGBTQ Rights & Special Litigation, released the statement below observing Day of Silence on Friday, April 23: “The overt discrimination that gay...

SPLC: DOJ Files Statement of Interest Supporting Black Trans Woman’s Request for Transfer to Female Prison in Georgia and Gender Dysphoria Care

April 22, 2021

MACON, Ga. – In response to the Statement of Interest that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed late this afternoon in Ashley Diamond’s lawsuit, Diamond v. Ward , against officials within the Georgia Department of...

SPLC: Increase in Visas Must Come with Worker Protections

April 21, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week announced an additional 22,000 H-2B visas will be made available to employers this fiscal year. The following statement is from Meredith Stewart, a senior...

CRMC, Kwame Alexander Release Community Poem After Jury Convicts Former Police Officer of George Floyd’s Murder

April 21, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala . – The Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC), in partnership with New York Times best-selling author Kwame Alexander, released a national community-led poem today following the guilty verdict in the murder trial of...

Derek Chauvin conviction necessary, but more needs to be done

April 20, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS -- Earlier today a jury convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd. Chauvin, who is white, was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree...

Southern Poverty Law Center sues Jefferson Parish sheriff’s office for public records regarding officer brutality

April 19, 2021

NEW ORLEANS -- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has filed suit against the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s office (JPSO) and will be asking a judge to compel Sheriff Joseph Lopinto to respond to a public records request the...

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