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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is by Rhonda Brownstein, Southern Poverty Law Center legal director.
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Our hearts go out to the injured and to the families of those who died in the senseless act of domestic terrorism in Orlando.
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At least 1,500 symbols of the Confederacy can be found in public spaces across the country, mostly in the Deep South, according to a report released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Most were put in place during the early decades of Jim Crow or in reaction to the civil rights movement.
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A survey of approximately 2,000 teachers by the Southern Poverty Law Center indicates that the presidential campaign is having a profoundly negative impact on schoolchildren across the country, according to a report released today.
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Two weeks ago, someone managed to hack into campus printers and fax machines at more than a dozen universities across the country to print a flyer with an anti-Semitic, white supremacist message.
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The Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) today awarded its highest honor to SPLC founder Morris Dees. The Martin Luther King, Jr., Nonviolent Peace Prize is bestowed upon individuals who emulate and embody Dr. King's spirit.
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Following the Watergate scandal in the mid-1970s, the U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities – popularly known as the Church Committee – issued reports revealing that federal agencies had spied on U.S. citizens for years.
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I’m honored this weekend to be a participant in the 2016 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage led by the legendary John Lewis and sponsored by the Faith & Politics Institute. Typically, we host the pilgrimage at the Civil Rights Memorial in front of our office during its journey through Alabama. But, this year, the pilgrimage is going to South Carolina instead of Alabama.
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SPLC President Richard Cohen released the following statement following the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland.
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Today, SPLC President Richard Cohen joined Rep. Terri Sewell, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Jim Clyburn, and others in Birmingham, Alabama, for the Congressional Forum on the Current State of Voting Rights in America. The following are his prepared remarks.
