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SPLC Launches Third Edition of its Whose Heritage? report tracking Confederate Memorials and their removals across the U.S.

February 01, 2022

MONTGOMERY — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released the third edition of its Whose Heritage? report , data, and map , which tracks public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States. Click here to view the...

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Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy (Third edition)

February 01, 2022

SPLC Applauds Montgomery’s Long Overdue Fred D. Gray Avenue Tribute

December 02, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Attorney General fined the city of Montgomery $25,000 after a Confederate named street was renamed to commemorate civil rights attorney Fred D. Gray. The state attorney general’s office has stated a...

Jacksonville City Council Officially Takes Their Place on the Wrong Side of History

November 10, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville City Council voted to ignore their community’s plea to remove the Confederate monument in Springfield Park. The following statement is from SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks: “We are...

SPLC to Full Jacksonville City Council: It’s Not Too Late to Remove Symbol of Hate from Springfield Park

November 05, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Last week, three Jacksonville City Council committees voted to leave the Women of the Southland monument standing in Springfield Park. This decision followed Mayor Lenny Curry’s promise to remove all of...

SPLC Challenges More Than 100 U.S. Schools Honoring Confederate Leaders to Change the Name

August 13, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, as we continue to remember and honor the memory of Heather Heyer and her stand against white supremacy at the deadly Unite the Right Rally in 2017, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) releases new...

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 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...

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Why Does the U.S. Military Still Glorify the Confederacy? A Conversation With Professor Matthew Delmont

May 26, 2021

Kimberly Probolus

In May 1865, the newly freed African American population of Charlestown, South Carolina, celebrated Decoration Day – the precursor to Memorial Day – by honoring Union soldiers who died while being held as prisoners of war in the city.

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,...

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