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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.
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.
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.
With Morris Dees, in 1971 Bond helped found the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a public-interest law firm based in Montgomery, Alabama. [43] He served as its president until 1979, [44] [45] and was an emeritus member of its board of directors at the time of his death in 2015. [46] Bond also advocated for Africans in Europe. [47] [48]
The SPLC began an annual census of hate groups in 1990, releasing this census as part of its annual Year in Hate & Extremism report. [1] [2] [4] [5] The SPLC listed 1,020 hate groups and hate-group chapters on its 2018 list—an all-time high fueled primarily by an increase in radical right groups. [2]
Musk, at 8:13 a.m. Tuesday, reposted Dillon's statement, saying "The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a criminal organization (in my opinion)." President-elect Donald Trump announced last ...
In October 2023, an English instructor at Arizona State University, who was listed on the Professor Watchlist and was a co-founder of Drag Story Hour Arizona, was followed across ASU by a two-member TPUSA crew repeatedly asking him accusatory questions; he was pushed onto concrete from the back after appearing to try to push away a camera.
A battle over library books is dividing Metropolis, Illinois, which shares a name with Superman’s home. A pastor is framing the fight as a clash between good and evil.