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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. [2] 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.
Morris Seligman Dees Jr. (born December 16, 1936) is an American attorney known as the co-founder and former chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), based in Montgomery, Alabama. He ran a direct marketing firm before founding SPLC. [2] Along with his law partner, Joseph J. Levin Jr., Dees founded the SPLC in 1971.
SPLC has advocated for the passage of "New Voices" legislation at the state level to protect student journalists' rights. [16] [17] Its efforts led to proposed legislation in ten states: in Hawaii, Kentucky, Missouri, [18] [19] Nebraska, [20] New Jersey, [21] New York, [22] Iowa, [23] Tennessee, [24] West Virginia, and Texas. Thanks to the ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal and advocacy group, is laying off more than 60 employees, the union representing workers said Thursday.
In 1999, the SPLC listed 457 hate groups; that number steadily increased until 2011, when 1,018 groups were listed. [2] [12] [13] The rise from 2008 onward was attributed in part to anger at Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States. [2] Thereafter, the number of hate groups steadily dropped, reaching a low of 784 in 2014 (a ...
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]
The Southern Poverty Law Center, in a 2005 report, stated that the AFA, along with other groups, engaged in hate speech to "help drive the religious right's anti-gay crusade". [167] Mark Potok of the SPLC determined that the turning point was 2003's Lawrence v. Texas, in which the Supreme Court struck down Texas's anti-sodomy laws.
In early 2012, the organization was designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), on the basis of its anti-gay activism. [6] In September 2012, the SPLC sued Public Advocate in Denver, Colorado, federal court over a mailer sent to some Colorado primary voters in 2010.