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With Federal Voting Rights Legislation Blocked by Political Gamesmanship, SPLC Vows to Continue to Defend Voting Rights with Every Tool Available

January 19, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate failed to overcome the 50-vote threshold to change the body's rules and permit a vote on essential voting rights protections after each senator has been allowed a maximum of two speeches...

Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) Reopens with Exciting New Exhibits and Updates

January 11, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Civil Rights Memorial Center ( CRMC ) is set to reopen on Thursday, unveiling new exhibits and updates designed to enhance visitors’ understanding of the civil rights movement and the ongoing struggle for...

SPLC Urges Cobb County School District to Act in the Best Interest of Students Amid Omicron Surge

January 07, 2022

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – Amidst an alarming surge in COVID cases within the past week due to the omicron variant, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is urging the Cobb County School Distict to act in the best interest of students...

SPLC, Georgia Voters and Voting Rights Groups Challenge Georgia’s Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Districts

January 07, 2022

ATLANTA – Voting rights groups and Georgia voters filed a lawsuit in federal court today charging that the 6th, 13th, and 14th Congressional Districts of Georgia violate the Constitution and unlawfully diminish the voting power...

SPLC’s PRESIDENT AND CEO MARGARET HUANG’S REFLECTIONS ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF VIOLENT INSURRECTION:

January 06, 2022

MONTGOMERY, AL – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement on the first anniversary of the deadly January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol to overturn the nation’s...

Southern Poverty Law Center calls for prompt and effective implementation of mental health remedies following Alabama prison system judicial ruling

December 29, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Citing years of inadequate mental health care provided to people incarcerated in Alabama prisons, U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson has issued a sweeping remedial order that will require the Alabama...

SPLC Applauds Jury for Delivering Justice in the Shooting Death of Daunte Wright

December 23, 2021

MONTGOMERY, AL - Today, a jury found former police officer Kim Potter guilty of first and second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright. The following is a statement from Margaret Huang, president and CEO of...

SPLC Welcomes Department of Defense Countering Extremism Report: Calls for More Action to End Hate and Extremism in the U.S. Military

December 20, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC – The Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Intelligence Project Director Susan Corke responded today to the release of the Department of Defense’s Countering Extremism Activities Working Group (CEAWG) report ,...

‘Unchecked Culture of Abuse’: Groups Demand Federal Intervention Amid Anti-Black and Life-Endangering Harms Under ICE Field Office

December 17, 2021

NEW ORLEANS –– A coalition of immigrants’ and human rights organizations today delivered a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding immediate intervention from the Biden...

DeSantis Targets Immigrant Children

December 10, 2021

MIAMI – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Anne Janet Hernandez Anderson, a Senior Supervising Attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, responding to Gov. DeSantis’ proposed...

Legal Challenge to Georgia’s Voter Suppression Law Given Green Light to Proceed

December 09, 2021

ATLANTA – Today, a federal court denied the three motions to dismiss litigation filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and others challenging 2021 Georgia law S.B. 202. These motions were filed by the State of Georgia,...

SPLC Condemns Removal of Florida Department of Education LGBTQ+ Anti-Bullying Portal; Urges its Immediate Return

December 08, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – This week, the Florida Department of Education removed its anti-bullying portal from public view. The page contained vital information that included the state’s anti-bullying policy. The removal of such a...

SPLC Responds to DOJ Decision to Close Emmett Till Investigation

December 07, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Yesterday, the Department of Justice closed a reopened investigation into the murder of Emmett Till without filing new charges. The following statement is by Tafeni English, Director of the Civil Rights...

As the White House Convenes Global Democracy Summit, SPLC Calls for Urgent Action to Defend Democracy at Home

December 07, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by LaShawn Warren, Chief Policy Officer, in advance of the virtual Global Democracy Summit in Washington on December 9 and 10. At the event...

SPLC Pledges $100 Million in Voter Engagement Programs in the Deep South through 2032

December 06, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced a $100 million reinvestment from its endowment to its Vote Your Voice program over the next decade – increasing its commitment by more than three-fold from...

SPLC Mississippi Office Honors Children Impacted by COVID-19 in Jackson’s Capital City Lights Program

December 03, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will showcase a tree of remembrance at the annual Festival of Lights in downtown Jackson. The tree will honor the nine Mississippi children who have died from the COVID-19...

SPLC Denounces Reimplementation of “Remain in Mexico” Policy

December 03, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, responding to the Biden administration’s planned...

SPLC Applauds Montgomery’s Long Overdue Fred D. Gray Avenue Tribute

December 02, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Attorney General fined the city of Montgomery $25,000 after a Confederate named street was renamed to commemorate civil rights attorney Fred D. Gray. The state attorney general’s office has stated a...

SOUNDS LIKE HATE PODCAST TURNS FOCUS TO MIGRANT DEATHS & EXTREMIST ACTIVITY AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER

November 30, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today the Southern Poverty Law Center launched “The Unwelcome,” the fifth episode from season three of its latest Sounds Like Hate podcast series. The episode looks at migrant mistreatment and deaths;...

Conviction of men who shot Ahmaud Arbery a necessary step, but issues in our justice system must still be addressed

November 24, 2021

ATLANTA -- Today a jury convicted Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The trio, all of whom are white, jumped into a truck and chased Arbery, a Black man who was jogging...

SPLC APPLAUDS LANDMARK RULING HOLDING WHITE SUPREMACISTS LIABLE IN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE “UNITE THE RIGHT” CIVIL TRIAL

November 24, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement applauding today’s jury ruling that the “Unite the Right” organizers of the far-right rally in...

Southern Poverty Law Center Denounces Lack of Justice in Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

November 19, 2021

MONTGOMERY, AL – Today, a jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse for the murders of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and the attempted murder of Gaige Grosskreutz. Rittenhouse was one of many armed civilians who came out to the...

SPLC Celebrates 50 Years As a Catalyst for Racial Justice in the South

November 18, 2021

Montgomery, Ala – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is celebrating 50 years of advocacy with a virtual, livestreamed event, “SPLC 50th Anniversary Celebration,” to be held Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m. CT/8:00 p.m. ET. “The...

SPLC Emphasizes Mobile’s Legal Obligations Under Voting Rights Act in Letter to Mayor, City Council

November 17, 2021

MOBILE, Ala. - Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) urged in a letter the Mayor and City Council of Mobile, Alabama, to consider their “affirmative obligation” under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) in...

SOUNDS LIKE HATE 3: When Anti-LGBTQ Parents and Families Foster Hate, LGBTQ Youth Suffer

November 16, 2021

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Today the Southern Poverty Law Center launched part two of “Fostering Hate,” the fourth episode of the new season of the Sounds Like Hate podcast, which reports on the overt discrimination and hate allowed to...

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