Southern Poverty Law Center

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American non-profit legal, educational, and intelligence-gathering group for the purposes of advocacy for civil rights and against racism. The center is based in Montgomery, Alabama, in the Southern United States. It was founded in 1971 by Morris Dees and Joe Levin as a civil rights law firm. It is known for its tolerance programs, its legal victories against white supremacist groups, and its investigations of alleged hate groups. The Center publishes a quarterly Intelligence Report which lists groups it accuses of political extremism and hate crimes in the United States. The center also sponsored the creation of a Civil Rights Memorial in downtown Montgomery designed by architect Maya Lin. The Center's activities have long generated controversy pertaining to its political tactics, allegations of financial mismanagement by Dees, and allegations of racial discrimination within the organization itself by former employees.

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American - Civil rights - Racism - Montgomery, Alabama - Southern United States - 1971 - Morris Dees - Joe Levin - Tolerance - White supremacist - Hate group - Extremism - Hate crime - Civil Rights Memorial - Maya Lin

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