SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
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Mission Statement
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.
About This Cause
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for all. Using litigation, education and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality. Founded in 1971, the SPLC began as a small law firm working to help implement federal civil rights legislation and constitutional guarantees. Early cases resulted in the desegregation of public recreational facilities, the reapportionment of the Alabama legislature, the end of involuntary sterilization of women on welfare and the integration of the Alabama State Troopers. Innovative trial strategies to shut down white supremacist organizations and combat injustice are part of the SPLC's ongoing legacy. We have toppled some of the country’s most notorious white supremacist groups by winning multimillion-dollar jury verdicts for victims and survivors of their racist violence. But this work is far from over – the number of hate groups and extremist organizations in our country (which we track and analyze with our interactive Hate Map) remains alarmingly high. Since 1981, investigators from the SPLC's Intelligence Project have worked hand in hand with civil rights attorneys to secure justice for hate crime victims targeted by domestic terrorism. SPLC civil suits have resulted in judgments against a dozen major white supremacist organizations (like the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations and the United Klans of America) and against 46 individuals for their roles in hate crimes. Intelligence Project research also has led to criminal convictions in several hate crime cases. In 1991, the SPLC expanded its efforts to fight hate with the launch of a new project, Learning for Justice (formerly known as Teaching Tolerance). The program’s free anti-bias education materials and award-winning, self-titled magazine are sent to hundreds of thousands of educators nationwide. Learning for Justice multimedia kits, including award-winning documentaries produced by the SPLC, are used in classrooms across the country. The SPLC’s legal docket focuses on seeking to advance equality and social justice in six issue areas: • Children’s Rights: We are working to ensure that every child has an equal opportunity to access quality public education, including services for mental health and disabilities. We’re also working to end exclusionary policies that push children out of the classroom and into the school-to-prison pipeline. • Immigrant Justice: We address the unique legal needs of migrant workers, a group particularly vulnerable to workplace abuse, and help the children of immigrants gain access to a quality education. • LGBTQ Rights: We're working in the courts to ensure that LGBTQ people achieve full equality under the law. • Economic Justice: We are fighting back against deeply engrained policies and practices that exploit or punish the poor simply because of their economic status. • Criminal Justice Reform: We are working to reform the criminal justice system, so it operates fairly and equitably – to ensure that those involved with it are treated with dignity and humanity, and to reduce the prison population. • Voting Rights: We’re working to empower voters and eliminate disenfranchisement and discriminatory voting practices, particularly in the Deep South