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Our Commitment to Challenge Racism - Southern Poverty Law Center
At the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), we are unwavering in confronting racism in all its forms. Our mission is rooted in the belief that a society where Black communities thrive benefits everyone. We are guided by a deep commitment to building a future where white supremacy, poverty, and mass incarceration are relics of the past.
Annual Report - Southern Poverty Law Center
Annual Report. Even in the most hostile climates, the Southern Poverty Law Center defended people’s rights. In 2022, we saw a surge of attacks on our bodies, our rights and our futures. Here in the South and across the nation, white supremacists became more emboldened. Extremists further manipulated the levers of power to challenge free and ...
Seeking Justice | Southern Poverty Law Center
Seeking Justice. We’re seeking justice for the most vulnerable people in society. The SPLC stands up for the powerless, the exploited and other victims of discrimination and hate. For more than four decades, we’ve won landmark cases that brought systemic reforms in the Deep South. We’ve toppled remnants of Jim Crow segregation and ...
Fighting Hate | Southern Poverty Law Center
The SPLC is the premier U.S. nonprofit organization monitoring the activities of domestic hate groups and other hard right extremists – including the Ku Klux Klan, the neo-Nazi movement, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, antigovernment militias, Christian Identity, antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ adherents and others. We’re currently tracking ...
The Year in Hate & Extremism 2023 | Southern Poverty Law Center
In 2023, the SPLC documented 1,430 hate and antigovernment extremist groups that comprise the organizational infrastructure upholding white supremacy in the U.S. The years since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection have been a time for the hard right to prepare. In 2023, those opposing inclusive democracy worked to legitimize insurrection, paint hate ...
SPLC offices: Regional focus, national impact
The Southern Poverty Law Center began in 1971 in a small office in Montgomery, Alabama. Today, it has offices across the Deep South and in the nation’s capital, demonstrating our focus on a region where victories for social justice frequently have national impact. The SPLC is headquartered in Montgomery with state offices in Atlanta, Georgia ...
Hate Crimes Awareness Month | Southern Poverty Law Center
The FBI’s most recent hate crime report identified 11,862 hate crime incidents in 2023, the most since the bureau started collecting the data in 1991. While the FBI’s annual reports show only a small increase in hate-fueled crimes, they mark a continuing rise. To highlight this alarming trend, the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated October as …
Our Issues - Southern Poverty Law Center
We’re working to empower voters and eliminate disenfranchisement and discriminatory voting practices in the Deep South. The SPLC is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people.
Impact Report | Southern Poverty Law Center
Impact Report. Since 1971, the Southern Poverty Law Center has pursued racial justice and human rights for all people. From a small law office in Montgomery to a multi-state organization known nationwide for championing equity, the SPLC owes our 52 years of growth, change and triumph to the communities we serve, our dedicated staff and ...