Bryan Stevenson, director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) of Alabama, was honored by the National Lawyers Guilt for his commitment to justice and the struggle for equality. The Center supports EJI's work with a yearly grant.
The neo-Confederate hate group League of the South protested in Montgomery for two consecutive days, standing directly in front of the Civil Rights Memorial.
Third annual Mix It Up at Lunch Day encourages respect in U.S. schools.
His group's power fluctuated over more than three decades.
The Ten Commandments monument has been removed from a storage room in the Alabama Judicial Building by a private group, who will tour the monument across the U.S. with a final display in the nation's capitol building.
Former Southern Poverty Law Center president and current board member Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, called on African Americans to "get out the vote" in November.
After Center outreach coordinators helped a Maine town plan a rally to counter hate, the community began to heal, as documented by a new film.
A member of the anti-immigrant Ranch Rescue group has been convicted of felony gun possession, but will be retried on an assault charge.
Teaching Tolerance resources help New Orleans students cope with recent violence.
A settlement agreement reached in the Baker v. Campbell case ensures that seriously ill inmates in Alabama's St. Clair Correctional Facility will receive substantial improvements in their health care.
