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Civil Rights Groups and Local Activists File Lawsuit Challenging Jacksonville City Council’s Racially Gerrymandered Redistricting Maps

May 03, 2022

Jacksonville, Fla. — Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida , Harvard Election Law Clinic , and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Jacksonville NAACP Branch , the Northside...

SPLC, ACLU-GA and IDRA Increase Efforts to Support Students and Educators after Gov. Kemp Signs Curriculum Censorship Bills

April 28, 2022

ATLANTA, Ga. – The ACLU of Georgia ( ACLU-GA ), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and the Intercultural Development Research Association ( IDRA ) are joining to support educators, students and parents in Georgia as they...

Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge DHS to Investigate Houston Asylum Office's Mishandling of Credible Fear Interviews

April 27, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 10 civil and immigrants’ rights organizations filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) calling for an investigation of the Houston...

NEW ANTI-VOTER LAW CREATES BARRIERS TO VOTING FOR FLORIDA COMMUNITIES

April 26, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Caren Short, senior supervising attorney for Voting Rights with the Southern Poverty Law Center and Michelle Kanter Cohen, policy director and senior counsel with Fair Elections Center, released the following...

Voting Rights Groups Challenge Mississippi High Court Districts That Dilute Black Votes

April 25, 2022

Greenville, Miss.—April 25, 2022 —Mississippi civic leaders today challenged state Supreme Court district lines that have gone unchanged for more than 35 years because those lines dilute the voting strength of Black residents in...

On Confederate Memorial Day, The Southern Poverty Law Center Celebrates the Ongoing Removal of Symbols of Hate Nationwide

April 25, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – While several southern states have respectfully moved away from observing Confederate Memorial Day, Alabama and Mississippi will continue the tradition today. On Tuesday, April 26, Florida will also celebrate...

The Southern Poverty Law Center Announces Launch of New Advocacy Institute

April 22, 2022

JACKSON, Miss . -- This week 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER CELEBRATES THE CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

April 07, 2022

Montgomery, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement on today’s historic confirmation of  Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson  as the 116th Associate Justice of the U...

SPLC APPLAUDS END OF TITLE 42 POLICY

April 01, 2022

ATLANTA – Efrén C. Olivares, Deputy Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement in response to the announcement by the Department of Homeland Security (...

Florida's Anti-Voter Law Violates Free Speech, Court Rules

March 31, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today a federal court sided with Harriett Tubman Freedom Fighters (HTFF) in HTFF v. Laurel Lee , ruling that Florida’s S.B. 90 infringed on its right to free speech when the state forced the organization to...

Anti-Confederate Billboard Urges Removal of Racist Monument from the Owensboro-Daviess County Courthouse Lawn

March 29, 2022

OWENSBORO, Ky. – Yesterday afternoon, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) raised a billboard in support of the Owensboro NAACP Branch 3107, whose advocacy led the Daviess County Fiscal Court to unanimously vote to remove its...

Upcoming Closure of Etowah County Detention Center is a Victory

March 28, 2022

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) responded to the announcement by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they will be closing the infamous Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Ala., and limiting the...

JOURNALIST MANUEL DURAN WINS ASYLUM

March 24, 2022

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After a years-long fight, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) client and renowned journalist Manuel Duran has won his asylum case. Duran was arrested in April 2018 while covering a Memphis protest focused on...

Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations Denounce Jacksonville City Council Passage of Redistricting Maps that Dilute Black Voting Power and Divide Communities

March 23, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- On Tuesday, the Jacksonville City Council voted to pass new Council and School Board maps that dilute Black voting power and further divide communities. The Council map packs more than half of the city’s Black...

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER RELEASES ANNUAL YEAR IN HATE & EXTREMISM REPORT: WHEN HATE GOES MAINSTREAM

March 09, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – According to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) The Year in Hate & Extremism 2021 report released today: hate and antigovernment extremism have gone mainstream, infecting the national and political...

SPLC Applauds New Jersey Supreme Court’s Denial of Appeal by JONAH; the Conversion Therapy Provider Who Was Barred From Promoting Fraudulent Practice in 2015 Will Have to Pay Damages

March 08, 2022

MONTGOMERY – The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined an appeal by Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) and its founders Arthur Goldberg and Elaine Berk, the conversion therapy providers who were barred from...

SPLC Vows to Continue to Fight Deeply Flawed Legislation

March 04, 2022

MIAMI – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Anne Janet Hernandez Anderson, a Senior Supervising Attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, regarding the late-night passage of SB1808...

IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ADVOCATES CALL FOR IMMEDIATE DESIGNATION OF TPS STATUS FOR CAMEROON

February 25, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 280 immigrants’ and human rights organizations today delivered a letter to the Biden Administration calling for an immediate designation of temporary protected status (TPS) for Cameroon, in light of...

THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER APPLAUDS HISTORIC NOMINATION OF JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

February 25, 2022

Montgomery, Ala. —The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement on President Biden’s historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the next Justice of the...

Georgia Activists Fight for Transparency and Equity in Local Redistricting

February 25, 2022

Atlanta, GA (February 25, 2022) — Across the region, Southerners are ringing the alarm about persistent attacks on communities of color during the redistricting process. In Georgia, state lawmakers stand out for their egregious...

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