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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation. [3] Based in Montgomery, Alabama, it is known for its legal cases against white supremacist groups, for its classification of hate groups and other extremist organizations, and for promoting tolerance education programs.
December 16, 1936 (age 87) Shorter, Alabama, U.S. [1] Alma mater. University of Alabama (LLB) Occupation (s) Civil and political rights, social justice activist. Known for. Founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Morris Seligman Dees Jr. (born December 16, 1936) is an American attorney known as the co-founder and former chief trial counsel ...
v. t. e. Minnie Lee and Mary Alice Relf (who were 12 and 14 years old in 1973, respectively) are two African-American sisters who were involuntarily sterilized by tubal ligation by a federally funded family planning clinic in Montgomery, Alabama in 1973. News coverage of a class-action lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center brought U ...
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal and advocacy group, is laying off more than 60 employees, the union representing workers said Thursday. The Southern Poverty Law Center did not confirm the ...
List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups. The following is a list of U.S.-based organizations that are classified as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). [ 1 ] The SPLC is an American nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation.
The Family Research Council (FRC) is an American evangelical 501 (c) (3) non-profit [2] activist group and think-tank with an affiliated lobbying organization. FRC promotes what it considers to be family values. [3] It opposes and lobbies against access to pornography, embryonic stem-cell research, abortion, divorce, and LGBT rights —such as ...
The Southern Poverty Law Center has provided the FBI with information on hate groups. [5] Since 1981, the SPLC has published a quarterly Intelligence Report that provides updates on its monitoring of what it describes as radical right hate groups and extremists in the United States, providing information on the organizational efforts and tactics of these groups. [6]
Richmond, Virginia, U.S. Alma mater. Columbia University (BA) University of Virginia (JD) Occupation. Civil rights lawyer. Known for. Former president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. J. Richard Cohen is an American attorney who was the president and chief executive officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center from 1986 to 2019. [1][2]