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Published on October 13, 2023 - 21:41 GMT

The SPLC's Civil Rights Memorial Center Hosts Virtual Author Showcase Featuring Fergus M. Bordewich

On Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. CT, the Civil Rights Memorial Center, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will host Fergus M. Bordewich, author of "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction" for …

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Published on October 13, 2023 - 16:53 GMT

Toussaint Ridgeway, Released after 29 Years of Incarceration

LOUISIANA—Decades after being sentenced to life without parole in Louisiana, Toussaint Ridgeway has been released from custody. “Toussaint is a remorseful, talented, calm, and focused father and grandfather,” said Emily Lubin, staff attorney at SPLC and …

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Published on October 12, 2023 - 16:52 GMT

SPLC Statement on DOE Investigation of Jefferson Parish School System

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced support for the decision by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to investigate widespread reports of discrimination against Black and Brown students …

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Published on October 12, 2023 - 16:52 GMT

Students Mobilize To Fight Censorship

Today, the attacks on public education, including policies against acceptance of LGBTQ+ students and against curriculum and books that accurately reflect American diversity and history, are proving a threat to democracy, a civil society and the future of …

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Published on October 12, 2023 - 16:52 GMT

SPLC delegation to advocate for civil and political rights at UN in Geneva

A fundamental tenet of human rights is that they exist for everyone. This week will be a powerful reminder of that for me and my colleagues who are visiting Geneva as part of a Southern Poverty Law Center delegation. Our trip was sparked by the United …

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Published on October 12, 2023 - 16:52 GMT

Court Refuses to Lift Barriers for Black Voters in Georgia

ATLANTA – A Georgia district court on Wednesday refused to temporarily lift restrictions to absentee voting, drop boxes and other voting methods that will make it harder for Black voters to cast a ballot for the 2024 election. Voting rights organizations …

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Published on October 10, 2023 - 21:39 GMT

New SPLC Report Exposes Punitive Juvenile Justice System In Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a troubling report on the state of Mississippi’s youth legal system, which leads the nation in pushing students out of the classroom and into prisons. The report, Only Young Once: The …

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Published on October 10, 2023 - 21:39 GMT

SPLC addresses international conference about the threat of hate and extremism

The Southern Poverty Law Center gave its assessment of the current state of hate and extremism at an international human rights conference in Warsaw, Poland, a city that’s no stranger to the horror of violent extremism due to its occupation by Nazi Germany …

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Published on October 10, 2023 - 21:39 GMT

Constitutional Sheriffs Association CEO Doubles Down on Hate Group Associations in the South

The July barbecue and radio appearance finished off a month when Bushman joined and promoted an event held by a neo-Confederate hate group in South Carolina featuring many who attended the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. …

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Published on October 10, 2023 - 21:39 GMT

Patriot Front Leader Identified in Texas

Content warning: This article contains graphic language, including an anti-gay slur. Reader discretion is advised. Brenner Alexander Cole, 25, of Driftwood, Texas, has been a Patriot Front member since at least 2021 and since has assumed a leadership role …

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Published on October 6, 2023 - 21:25 GMT

Governor improperly suspends Florida’s only Black female state attorney

It was June 2020 and protests over the murder of George Floyd were erupting across the nation when Monique Worrell climbed the City Hall steps in Orlando, Florida, during a rally against police brutality. The former public defender, criminal justice reform …

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Published on October 4, 2023 - 02:04 GMT

National Federation of the Blind of Alabama and Voters Sue Alabama Counties for Inaccessible Absentee Voting

MOBILE, Ala. — The National Federation of the Blind of Alabama and four individuals — Beverly Clayton, Gilley Pressley, Dr. Eric Peebles, and David Rissling — filed a lawsuit today against three Alabama counties for their failure to provide an accessible …

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Published on September 29, 2023 - 21:11 GMT

SPLC Designates October as Hate Crimes Awareness Month

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — With the United States experiencing the highest levels of hate violence on record, according to the FBI’s latest hate crime report, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is sounding the alarm about the prevalence of hate crimes and …

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Published on September 29, 2023 - 21:10 GMT

Artist collaborations with social justice organizations propel change

In 1971, soul singer Marvin Gaye released a plaintive, riveting song called “What’s Going On” on an album of the same name. The album was unlike any Gaye had ever recorded. The title song made a plea for love and understanding as it rebuked the nation’s …

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Published on September 29, 2023 - 16:22 GMT

Banned Books Week: Titles most challenged in schools and libraries

In 2022, the American Library Association (ALA) tracked more than 1,200 reported demands to ban books available in libraries across the U.S. The ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles the collection of titles it says are the “Most Challenged Books …

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Published on September 29, 2023 - 16:22 GMT

SPLC launches Hate Crimes Awareness Month to highlight epidemic of bias incidents

Content warning: This story contains a graphic description of hate-inspired violence. The news from Jacksonville, Florida, on Aug. 26 was as familiar as it was horrifying: A white gunman who had posted racist writings online takes a military-style weapon …

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Published on September 26, 2023 - 21:11 GMT

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Allows Drawing of Alabama Congressional Map to Move Forward

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Alabama Attorney General’s request to delay the rollout of the state's new court-ordered congressional map, which could have endangered its timely implementation for the 2024 elections. This …

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Published on September 26, 2023 - 21:11 GMT

SPLC Backs Redistricting Data Hub to Provide Nonpartisan Voting Rights Data for the South

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced a new effort to provide local redistricting data through the Redistricting Data Hub (RDH), a nonpartisan centralized hub that will be accessible to anyone engaged in the …

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Published on September 22, 2023 - 21:10 GMT

Voter suppression in rural Georgia mirrors systemic racism across the South

Looking down Peterson Avenue in Douglas, Georgia, it is easy to slip back in time. If you squint past the late-model cars and ignore the occasional modern building, the old brick structures and small shops that line the city’s downtown hark back to 1950s …

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Published on September 21, 2023 - 23:45 GMT

SPLC: Mississippi Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Hinds County Residents’ Right to Elect Judges

JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a provision of HB 1020 that, in part, strips Hinds County residents of their constitutionally protected right to elect their judges. In June 2023, the Southern Poverty Law …

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