Southern Poverty Law Center

Klan flyer left at Black church claims KKK is ‘alive and growing’ in more than a dozen states 

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Descendants of enslaved Virginians secure seats on board that governs former plantation 

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‘Blank Slate: Hope for a New America’ comes to the Civil Rights Memorial Center

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Tiny town Trump won with 63% of vote seeks to remove Confederate monument

The residents of Owensboro, Kentucky, are ramping up their fight to have a Confederate monument removed from outside of their
/ April 8, 2022
hate groups thegrio.com

Racist flyers littered a Houston neighborhood linked to national white supremacy recruitment

Another Houston neighborhood is the scene of racist literature being distributed throughout the city.  According to The Houston Chronicle, the
/ March 22, 2022

HBCU bomb threats bring new attention to domestic terrorism bill targeting white supremacy

The wave of bomb threats on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has reignited concerns about the
/ February 24, 2022

We must continue to rewrite the Confederacy’s revisionist history

The 2015 massacre of nine Black Americans during Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.,
/ January 28, 2022

Black history sites in 5 Southern states to receive grants

Sites associated with Black history in five Southern states will each receive grants of $50,000 from the Southern Poverty Law
/ January 12, 2022
J. Michelle Childs thegrio.com

40 federal judges confirmed in 2021; Biden nominates 2 more

President Joe Biden on Thursday made two final nominations to the federal bench this year as he caps his first
/ December 24, 2021
Confederate General Robert E. Lee theGrio.com

SPLC finds 64 new Confederate symbols associated with military

On Wednesday, the Southern Poverty Law Center released new data revealing 64 additional confederate symbols associated with the US military.
/ May 27, 2021