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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 ...
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.
A 2010 lawsuit from the Southern Poverty Law Center referred to youth who described Thompson Academy as a “frightening and violent place” where juveniles were denied medical care when abused. “Children are choked and slammed head first into concrete walls, their arms and fingers are bent back and twisted to inflict pain for infractions as ...
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 for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), based in Montgomery, Alabama. He ran a direct marketing firm before founding SPLC. [2]
On Aug. 5, the American Civil Liberties Union, its state affiliate and the Southern Poverty Law Center will argue with those representing the State Board of Election Commissioners before Judge ...
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]
"In 2023, the SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) documented the highest number of active anti-LGBTQ+ and white nationalist groups we have ever recorded," the organization wrote in its 2023 report ...
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]