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“A moral and legal disaster:” SPLC throws support behind prison strike

The SPLC said the strike "demonstrates the understandable frustration of those incarcerated and their desire to be heard."

October 13, 2022

SPLC awards $4.6 million in Vote Your Voice grants across the South

Alabama Forward is among 36 organizations to receive funding through the program to increase civic engagement as the general election approaches.

August 30, 2022

Southern Cultural Center to host “national” neo-Confederate conference in Wetumpka

The stated goal of the Southern Cultural Center is to reestablish an independent South free from federal involvement.

August 19, 2022

SPLC reaches collective bargaining agreement for employees

Beginning November 1, 2022, the minimum wage for new SPLC employees will be more than $20 per hour.

July 26, 2022

Tiara Hudson and voting rights groups challenged transfer judgeships

The groups challenged the constitutionality of a transfer of a judgeship from Jefferson County to majority-white Madison County.

July 22, 2022

SPLC, League of Women Voters call on Supreme Court to strike down Congressional map

The brief asserts that the Alabama Legislature’s plan cracks residents of the Black Belt among four different districts and robs the region of effective political power

July 19, 2022

SPLC: Huntsville plan to evict homeless from encampment “threatens their health and lives”

The SPLC is urging city officials to halt the eviction until adequate housing is available to displaced residents.

June 10, 2022

SPLC Action Fund endorses two in 10th Judicial Circuit races

Those endorsed are Tiara Hudson and Paul Rand, both public defenders in the Jefferson County Public Defender’s Office.

May 4, 2022

Civil Rights Memorial Center unveils “Blank Slate Monument”

The monument, created by Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, is an interactive statue that contests the narratives promoted by Confederate memorials.

April 13, 2022

Anti-LGBTQ bills prompt firestorm of criticism from civil liberty organizations

The American Civil Liberties Union threatened a lawsuit if SB148 is signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey.

April 8, 2022