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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
April 16, 2021
DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and private employment law firm Scott • Wagner and Associates, P.A ., sued Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) on behalf of a teacher at Robert E. Lee High School...
April 13, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS -- Earlier this week police police shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright about 10 miles from the courthouse were Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Wright was shot during a traffic stop,...
April 09, 2021
ATLANTA, Ga. – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who is currently suing the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), asked a federal judge for an emergency order to protect her health and safety while in GDC...
April 06, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. – Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released, “Helping Your Child with A Disability Get A Good Education: A Guide for Parents,” a new handbook that helps parents of students with disabilities in Mississippi...
April 05, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., -- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Civil Rights Corps (CRC) have informed judges, the sheriff, public defender, and other officials in Knox County that they are prepared to bring a lawsuit against...
April 02, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Susan Corke, Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project released the following statement on Twitter’s active promotion of far right extremist Jack Posobiec, who is well-known for...
April 01, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that the city of Charlottesville can remove its statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the focal point for the Unite the Right rally in 2017, from public display...
April 01, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Leading conversations about systemic racism in schools and communities require an honest, caring and nuanced approach to combat its harrowing legacy in the U.S., according to a new community guide released...
March 31, 2021
LOUISIANA – A new report released today by Daughters Beyond Incarceration and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) offers a roadmap for stakeholders appointed earlier this year to serve on a council within the Louisiana...
March 30, 2021
ATLANTA — Civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit against Georgia’s sweeping new law that makes it much harder for all Georgians to vote, particularly voters of color, new citizens, and religious communities. The...
March 29, 2021
NEW ORLEANS -- Arguing that Orleans Parish Assessor Errol Williams should not be supporting corporate welfare, and that everyone deserves equitable and lawful property assessments, two Orleans Parish residents have sued Williams...
March 24, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following statement is from Efrén Olivares, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project. “Recent national discourse around immigration has largely ignored the...
March 23, 2021
ATLANTA -- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has filed suit against the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) in the Fulton County Superior Court after the agency failed to comply with the state’s open records act. The SPLC is...
March 17, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Following the horrific events of last night in the Atlanta-area, Margaret Huang, President & CEO of Southern Poverty Law Center , released the following statement: “Our hearts and prayers go out to the...
March 17, 2021
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – City commissioners in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, voted tonight on a proclamation declaring March 21, 2021, as Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Day and Westminster Academy Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale...
March 16, 2021
FLORIDA – The excessive use of Florida’s mental health law, known as the Baker Act, has resulted in the inappropriate and illegal psychiatric hospitalization of thousands of Black and Brown children and children with disabilities...
March 12, 2021
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A federal court last night granted civil rights organizations’ motion to appoint a special master, or independent third party, that will ensure the federal government’s compliance with an injunction in the...
March 10, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A landmark report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) found that the election systems in the Deep South in 2020 suffered from an array of shortcomings, making it harder for many voters – particularly...
