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February 23, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released the 2020 year-end update to its Whose Heritage? report data and map, which tracks public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States. The Whose...
January 15, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC — Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to the arrest of the man who carried the Confederate flag into the Capitol during the insurrection on January 6. “Just as defeated...
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December 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by an overwhelming, veto-proof majority of 84 to 13. President Trump has threatened to veto the bill because it will rename ten military...
December 09, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to the House of Representatives 335-78 bipartisan passing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a veto-proof...
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November 04, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. – With a majority of ballots counted, Mississippi voters are projected to overwhelmingly pass Ballot Measures 2 and 3, reforming how statewide elections are won and approving a new state flag, respectively. The...
October 21, 2020
CHATTANOOGA – Earlier today, the Hamilton County Commission voted to allow a Jim Crow-era bust to remain in front of its courthouse. The following statement is from Southern Poverty Law Center Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks: “While...
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