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May 15, 2021 at 2:02 PM

Losing the 'Lost Cause': SPLC launches billboard campaign to educate communities on false narrative behind Confederate History Month

Southern Poverty Law Center Losing the ‘Lost Cause’: SPLC launches billboard campaign to educate communities on false narrative behind Confederate History MonthLiz Vinson, SPLC Staff Writer | Read the full piece here Friend, Celebrated in seven Southern states in A…

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May 12, 2021 at 7:06 PM

What would you do if your son was becoming a white supremacist?

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, What would you do if a member of your own family was falling into the grip of white supremacy? That’s the wrenching question at the heart of the season two premiere of our podcast, Sounds Like Hate – available now on your podcast app of cho…

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May 11, 2021 at 7:06 PM

Our 'Year in Hate' report is making waves in Congress

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Each year, we produce our Year in Hate and Extremism report, an annual analysis and census of hate groups and extremism organizations in America. The report is not just an academic exercise; it’s always our goal to influence those with the …

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May 8, 2021 at 2:01 PM

Fighting AAPI Hate: Violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders rising amid COVID-19 scapegoating

Southern Poverty Law Center Fighting AAPI Hate: Violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders rising amid COVID-19 scapegoatingThe Southern Poverty Law Center | Read the full piece here Friend,  The United States has a long and shameful history of violence…

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May 5, 2021 at 5:45 PM

Listen now: A sneak peek at season two of our Sounds Like Hate podcast

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, We are just one week away from the new season of the SPLC’s original podcast Sounds Like Hate – and today, we have a surprise preview for you. LISTEN NOW This eight-minute sneak peek – now available on your podcast app of choice – takes you…

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May 2, 2021 at 4:00 PM

Friend, this might surprise you

Southern Poverty Law Center Dear Friend,  Working to curb extremism and build a more just and equitable society is especially important in this moment. And, with the recent extension of the federal tax deadline, there are many opportunities to support our work to create a bett…

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April 26, 2021 at 9:35 PM

There's nothing to celebrate about Confederate Memorial Day

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, The Confederacy’s legacy of brutality and racial subjugation must always be remembered – but it should never be celebrated. Yet today, four states – Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi – are officially celebrating “Confederate Memoria…

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April 24, 2021 at 2:01 PM

Same Old Jim Crow: Georgia voter law continues long history of disenfranchisement

Southern Poverty Law Center Same Old Jim Crow: Georgia voter law continues long history of disenfranchisementThe Southern Poverty Law Center | Read the full piece here Friend, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn called Georgia’s sweeping new voter suppression law the “new Jim Cr…

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April 23, 2021 at 6:31 PM

Observing the Day of Silence

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Today is the Day of Silence, an annual day of action to raise awareness of the bullying and harassment that LGBTQ students face at school. Each year since 1996, students across the country have taken a daylong vow of silence in protest of s…

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April 22, 2021 at 12:09 AM

S� se puede, then and now

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, César Chávez, who died 28 years ago this week, devoted his life to farm laborers’ rights. He led strikes, spearheaded marches and inspired a boycott effective enough to force agribusiness to recognize farmworkers’ rights. But almost three d…

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April 20, 2021 at 10:21 PM

A necessary conviction, but more needs to be done

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, A jury has convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd – an appalling act of police violence that shocked and horrified millions of Americans and led to global protests calling for racial justice and police …

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April 20, 2021 at 3:30 PM

TODAY: Transnational Perspectives on White Supremacy webinar

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, It’s not too late to register for our free webinar starting at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time today: Transnational Perspectives on White Supremacy: Strategies, Interventions & Lessons LearnedTuesday, April 202:30 p.m. Eastern TimeZoom Webinar R…

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April 17, 2021 at 4:49 PM

Demanding Accountability: SPLC sues La. sheriff's office for public records regarding officer brutality

Southern Poverty Law Center Demanding Accountability: SPLC sues La. sheriff’s office for public records regarding officer brutalityKathryn Casteel, SPLC Investigative Reporter | Read the full piece here Friend, On May 27, 2020, only two days after George Floyd was …

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April 16, 2021 at 7:01 PM

Fifty-eight years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Fifty-eight years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. authored his Letter from a Birmingham Jail while imprisoned for leading protests, marches and sit-ins against segregation. The open letter was penned in defense of the protest campaign, wh…

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April 14, 2021 at 9:05 PM

Coming soon: Season two of our podcast, 'Sounds Like Hate'

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Exciting news: Season two of our podcast series, Sounds Like Hate, is coming soon. That means you’ll soon have the chance to hear more stories from people and communities grappling with hate and extremism and searching for solutions. If you…

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April 13, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Webinar invite: Transnational approaches to countering online radicalization

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, At the peak of school closures in April 2020, 1.6 billion students globally were forced out of classrooms. In the beginning of 2021, that number still hovered around 700 million. Such unprecedented time online, with little adult supervision…

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April 10, 2021 at 5:02 PM

Alabama law produces long prison sentences for questionable prior convictions

Southern Poverty Law Center Habitual Felony Offender Act: Alabama law produces long prison sentences for questionable prior convictionsWill Tucker, Investigative Reporter | Read the full piece here Friend, The court was in a hurry to resolve Flavius Henderson’s cas…

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April 7, 2021 at 2:01 PM

TODAY: The 'Year in Hate' 2020 and What's Ahead in 2021

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, It’s not too late to register for our exclusive Partner Briefing beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern Time today: SPLC Partner Briefing: Year in Hate 2020 Review and What’s Ahead in 2021Wednesday, April 71 p.m. Eastern TimeZoom Webinar REGISTER HERE…

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April 3, 2021 at 2:01 PM

'Movement and Space': Civil Rights Memorial Center releases new community guide to help fight racism in America

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, The predominantly white neighborhood where I live is lined with tall, moss-covered trees that began their climb toward the sky before the Montgomery Bus Boycott energized the civil rights movement, before it was legal for Black people like …

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April 1, 2021 at 5:45 PM

We're suing Georgia

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Burdensome. Unjustified. Unnecessary. The new restrictions that Georgia placed on its voters this week are an outrage – so we’re suing to overturn them. You may have already heard about the sweeping new law in Georgia, SB 202, which was pas…

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March 30, 2021 at 9:30 PM

You're invited: 'Year in Hate' 2020 Review and What's Ahead in 2021

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Have you ever wondered who researches, writes and edits our annual Year in Hate and Extremism report? And do you wonder how the SPLC applies what we’ve learned about hate and extremism to push for real world change? On April 7, at an exclus…

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March 27, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Funding Hate: How extremists like the ones who attacked the Capitol are making money off the internet

Southern Poverty Law Center Funding Hate: How extremists like the ones who attacked the Capitol are making money off the internetCassie Miller, Hannah Gais and Megan Squire | Read the full piece here Friend, Authorities have now charged more than 300 people with cr…

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March 24, 2021 at 11:01 PM

Our testimony before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks testified today before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee about how the military has long failed to adequately address far-right extremism in the ranks. Brooks outlined the history of white supremacist …

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March 20, 2021 at 4:33 PM

Freedom Denied: Couple remains close despite husband's four parole denials

Southern Poverty Law Center Freedom Denied: Couple remains close despite husband’s four parole denialsWill Tucker, SPLC Investigative Reporter | Read the full piece here Friend, From a young age Reco Williams was a star basketball player. He made the all-city team …

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March 19, 2021 at 9:46 PM

Ending hate in our communities

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, This week we are grieving eight victims of unspeakable, hateful violence in the metro Atlanta area — six of whom were Asian women. Our hearts go out to their families and loved ones, and we are keeping them in our thoughts in the wake of th…

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March 16, 2021 at 6:01 PM

Voter suppression in 2020 -- check out our new report

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, America made it through the 2020 election cycle, but not unscathed. Assessing the damage, especially in our five Deep South focus states, is the focus of our new report – Overcoming the Unprecedented: Southern Voters’ Battle Against Voter S…

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March 13, 2021 at 5:01 PM

Tour of Richmond, Va., reveals hidden suffering of Black community

Southern Poverty Law Center History Uncovered: Virtual tour of Richmond, Va., reveals hidden suffering of Black communityLiz Vinson, SPLC Staff Writer | Read the full piece here Friend, The project began with a simple question: “What can we do?” After the death of …

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February 25, 2021 at 9:10 PM

SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks' testimony before Congress

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Earlier today, SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy about how far-right extremists are exploiting internet technology to create a b…

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February 24, 2021 at 10:36 PM

Webinar invite: Gender-Based Violence & Online Radicalization

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, As COVID-19 social distancing and stay-at-home measures continue to keep people online at unprecedented rates, radicalization remains a grave threat. In an effort to provide the most relevant resources about preventing online radicalization…

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February 20, 2021 at 3:05 PM

SPLC seeks social justice at the statehouse

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, There’s no doubt the eyes of the nation remain fixed on Washington, D.C., as a new president and Congress begin their work. Our country is facing critically important issues that must be addressed: racial injustice, voter suppression and th…

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February 17, 2021 at 5:11 PM

Protecting youth online (Join us in 1 hour)

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, It’s not too late to register for our free webinar starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time: Exploitation, Grooming and Incel Phenomena: A Panel on Overlooked Connections to Youth Radicalization. We invite you to engage in this thought-provoking and…

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February 16, 2021 at 5:10 PM

How 'big tech' boosts extremism (plus 3 other new additions to our 'Year in Hate' report)

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Our 2020 Year in Hate and Extremism report has just been updated with four new pieces: An analysis of the role played by “big tech” in spreading extremist conspiracies and hateful rhetoric online. Has accountability for these platforms com…

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February 13, 2021 at 5:01 PM

Remembering Johnnie Mae Chappell: A Jim Crow-era injustice resonates in period of Black Lives Matter

Southern Poverty Law Center Warning: The following account contains graphic descriptions that may trigger some readers. Discretion is advised. Friend,  It was a muggy Monday in 1964 and as darkness fell, Jacksonville, Florida, was ablaze with racial unrest. On a grassy roads…

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February 10, 2021 at 6:31 PM

New webinar: protecting youth from online radicalization, exploitation, grooming and 'incel' phenomena

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Online radicalization is a grave threat to our country – especially when extremists target young people. That’s why we recently revised our guide to preventing online radicalization in youth: Building Resilience & Confronting Risk in th…

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February 8, 2021 at 7:06 PM

2020: "A perfect storm of events for the antigovernment movement"

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, We’ve just released a new addition to our 2020 Year in Hate and Extremism report: a three-part deep dive into the dangerous spread of antigovernment extremism over the past year. Keep reading for a preview, or click here to read the report …

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February 6, 2021 at 5:36 PM

The Year in Hate and Extremism: Far-right extremists coalescing in broad-based, loosely affiliated movement

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Earlier this week, we released our Year in Hate and Extremism report, an annual census and analysis of hate groups and extremist organizations we’ve published each year since 1990. Overall, we recorded a small drop in the number of hate gro…

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February 4, 2021 at 5:31 PM

Check out our Black History Month calendar of virtual events and resources

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Black History Month is here – and we have something special to share with you to help celebrate and commemorate this important time of year. This year, knowing that much of the country is still socially distancing and unable to gather toget…

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February 3, 2021 at 4:26 PM

Introducing Learning for Justice

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, My name is Jalaya Liles Dunn, and I am delighted to introduce myself as the new director of Learning for Justice.  You may know us by our original name, Teaching Tolerance. I was first introduced to Teaching Tolerance and the Southern Pover…

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February 1, 2021 at 7:46 PM

8 key takeaways from the SPLC's 'Year in Hate' (out now)

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, The 2020 edition of our annual Year in Hate and Extremism report was released today. Here are 8 key takeaways you need to know: We identified 838 hate groups operating across the United States in 2020, a decrease from the 940 documented in…

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February 1, 2021 at 1:16 AM

The Capitol attack, the SPLC and the future

The results of the Senate runoff elections in Georgia offered proof that the South can help lead the way into a new political era. But the violence at the U.S. Capitol led by a network of highly organized white supremacist groups and encouraged by Donald Trump was a stark reminder that now is not …

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February 1, 2021 at 1:05 AM

The Capitol attack, the SPLC and the future

The results of the Senate runoff elections in Georgia offered proof that the South can help lead the way into a new political era. But the violence at the U.S. Capitol led by a network of highly organized white supremacist groups and encouraged by Donald Trump was a stark reminder that now is not …

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January 30, 2021 at 4:01 PM

A father faces a parole denial, COVID-19 and remorse for a crime

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, When Marsha Mason visited her father at Alabama’s Limestone Correctional Facility in 2014, he had a seeping open wound on his leg.  At the time, Marsha was a newly licensed registered nurse. She wrote up what she saw – “severe swelling,” an…

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January 23, 2021 at 5:25 PM

SPLC President: In the wake of Trump, a year of new challenges and opportunities

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the Southern Poverty Law Center. After a half century of working to ensure that the promise of the civil rights movement becomes a reality for all, we may be facing the most critical year yet in the march …

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January 22, 2021 at 12:06 AM

Hope on the horizon

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, The tragic year behind us has inflicted deep pain on our nation. After more than a quarter million lives were lost to the pandemic, many of us entered 2021 with heavy hearts and the knowledge that healing from the year’s turmoil will take s…

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January 16, 2021 at 7:01 PM

Inheriting the Movement: Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reflects on message of nonviolent social change

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, The youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. playfully wrestled with another girl in high school and trapped her in a headlock. The girl fought back. She scratched Bernice King’s face and pulled her hair. Bernice wanted to throw a punch…

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January 15, 2021 at 9:11 PM

Update from SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang

Southern Poverty Law Center Dear Friend, Last week’s events at the Capitol were horrific. Never before have we seen the Confederate flag flying in our nation’s Capitol, and the violence that took the lives of five people and injured dozens more was unprecedented. It was a wake…

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January 13, 2021 at 2:36 PM

How Dr. King's legacy can help guide us through this crisis

Southern Poverty Law Center Friend, Don’t forget to join us virtually at the Civil Rights Memorial Center this Friday at 12 p.m. Eastern for a panel discussion commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Click here to register, or see below for more details. After …

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January 9, 2021 at 5:30 PM

Capitol siege underscores need for bold action to create truly just and equitable nation

Southern Poverty Law Center Dear Friend, One of the powerful lessons we must take away from this week’s coup attempt by President Trump and his supporters is that 2021 is not a time for half measures in the fight against hate and extremism. Yes, Wednesday began with hope. The …

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January 8, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Our Democracy

Southern Poverty Law Center Dear Friend, Yesterday was overwhelming. In the morning we learned the final results of Georgia’s Senate runoff races (thank you to the SPLC Voting Rights team for their GOTV efforts in Georgia). By the afternoon, our attention had been captured by …

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January 6, 2021 at 7:06 PM

Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy with us

Southern Poverty Law Center Dear Friend, The Civil Rights Memorial Center invites you to a panel discussion commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event – The March Continues: Building Collective Power to Impact Policy and Dismantle Systems of Oppression in…

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