Southern Poverty Law Center facts for kids
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a United States nonprofit civil rights organization. It has had legal victories against white supremacist groups. It fights civil rights violations and lawsuits about the separation of church and state.
The SPLC keeps a list of hate groups in the United States. Hate groups persecute or attack entire groups of people because of those people's race, ethnicity, skin color, religion, or home country.
The SPLC was established around 1971 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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The Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery
See also
In Spanish: Southern Poverty Law Center para niños
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