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Jan. 6 Committee Details Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Involvement In Capitol Insurrection
Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube The House committee investigating the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection spent its first night focusing on the violence, conspiracy ...
Georgia Voter Suppression: Voting Rights Organizations Challenge Discriminatory Cobb County School Board Map
ATLANTA – Thursday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Georgia, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under ...
Poll Finds Substantial Support For ‘Great Replacement’ Theory, Other Hard-Right Ideas
Photos: Twitter\YouTube In late April, the Southern Poverty Law Center and Tulchin Research conducted a poll of 1,500 Americans to examine the extent to ...
2022 Elections: Voting Rights Groups Act To Block Georgia’s Anti-Voter Law
Photos: YouTube\Twitter ATLANTA – Wednesday, voting rights groups filed a preliminary injunction motion to challenge certain barriers to voting created by Georgia’s anti-voter law, ...
Mississippi: Civic Groups Sue Over Diluting Of Black Voting Power
Photos: Facebook\ACLU Civic and youth leaders in Mississippi sued the state this week, challenging district lines that dilute the voting power of Black residents ...
Florida: New Anti-Voter Law Creates New Barriers
Photos: YouTube\Screenshot TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Caren Short, senior supervising attorney for Voting Rights with the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Michelle Kanter Cohen, policy ...
SPLC Celebrates Ongoing Removal Of Confederate Symbols of Hate
Photos: YouTube\Twitter MONTGOMERY, Ala. – While several Southern states have respectfully moved away from observing Confederate Memorial Day, Alabama and Mississippi will continue the ...
Florida: New Voting Map Discriminates Against Blacks, Minorities
Photos: Twitter\YouTube TALLAHASSEE, FL. – TODAY the state legislature passed the congressional map proposed by Governor Ron DeSantis, reducing the representation of communities of ...
Race Matters In America: SPLC Contributes To UN Report On Racial Issues Facing Blacks, Minorities
Photos: YouTube\UN Millions of Americans, particularly people of color, are facing growing inequality, discrimination and even exclusion, including inequitable access to education and voter ...
Florida: Civil Rights Groups Denounce Passage Of Redistricting Maps
Photos: YouTube\Screenshot\ACLU TALLAHASSEE, FL — On Tuesday night, the Jacksonville City Council voted to pass new council and school board maps that will dilute ...
