What is Southern Poverty Law Center?
{{use American English}} {{Infobox organization | logo = SPLC logo (2023).svg | logo_size = 200px | location = Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. }} The '''Southern Poverty Law Center''' ('''SPLC''') is a [[United States]] [[Non-profit organization|nonprofit]] [[civil rights]] organization. It has had legal victories against [[white supremacy|white supremacist]] groups. It fights civil rights violations and [[Lawsuit|lawsuits]] about the [[separation of church and state]]. The SPLC keeps a list of [[hate group]]s in the United States. Hate groups [[Persecution|persecute]] or attack entire groups of people because of those people's [[Race (sociology)|race]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[skin]] color, [[religion]], or [[Nationality|home country]]. The SPLC was established around [[1971]] in [[Montgomery, Alabama]] by [[Morris Dees]], Joseph J. Levin Jr. and [[Julian Bond]]. {{US-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1971 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Montgomery, Alabama]] [[Category:Discrimination]] [[Category:Civil rights organizations based in the United States]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in Alabama]] [[Category:Organizations based in Alabama]]