Southern Poverty Law Center
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The Southern Poverty Law Center is an American 501 nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, it is known for its
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The Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery
Closeup of the Civil Rights Memorial
Morris Dees
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Morris Seligman Dees Jr. is an American attorney, businessman, and civil rights activist who in 1971 co-founded, alongside Joseph J. Levin Jr., and served as its chief trial counsel, the Southern Pove
Southern Poverty Law Center
…supremacist groups, for its classification of hate groups and other extremist organizations, and for promoting anti-bias education. The SPLC was founded by Morris Dees, Joseph J. Levin Jr., and Julian Bond in 1971 as a civil rights legal clinic in Montgomery. In 1980, the SPLC began a strategy of filing civil suits…
Dees in 2015