A survey of approximately 2,000 teachers by the Southern Poverty Law Center indicates that the presidential campaign is having a profoundly negative impact on schoolchildren across the country, according to a report released today.
A survey of approximately 2,000 teachers by the Southern Poverty Law Center indicates that the presidential campaign is having a profoundly negative impact on schoolchildren across the country, according to a report released today.
Two weeks ago, someone managed to at more than a dozen universities across the country to print a flyer with an anti-Semitic, white supremacist message.
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) today awarded its highest honor to ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ founder Morris Dees. The Martin Luther King, Jr., Nonviolent Peace Prize is bestowed upon individuals who emulate and embody Dr. King's spirit.
Following the Watergate scandal in the mid-1970s, the U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities – popularly known as the – issued reports revealing that federal agencies had spied on U.S. citizens for years.
I’m honored this weekend to be a participant in the 2016 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage led by the legendary John Lewis and sponsored by the . Typically, we host the pilgrimage at the Civil Rights Memorial in front of our office during its journey through Alabama. But, this year, the pilgrimage is going to South Carolina instead of Alabama.
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ President Richard Cohen released the following statement following the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland.Â
Today, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ President Richard Cohen joined Rep. Terri Sewell, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Jim Clyburn, and others in Birmingham, Alabama, for the Congressional Forum on the Current State of Voting Rights in America. The following are his prepared remarks.Â
On the early morning of Thursday February 25th, a police officer shot and killed unarmed Greg Gunn in west Montgomery, Alabama.Â
Harper Lee died today.
Last month, the New Orleans City Council voted to take down four monuments honoring the Confederacy and its heroes, resulting in a federal court challenge by preservation groups and a chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
We tracked 1,430 hate and extremist groups in 2023. Hate has no place in our country.