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The Southern Poverty Law Center is based in ] in the South of the US. It was started in 1971 by ] and ] as a ] law firm. Their first case forced the local YMCA to racially integrate their athletic offerings. Now it is known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacist groups, its tracking of hate groups and its sponsorship of the Maya Lin-designed Civil Rights Memorial. The Center publishes in-depth analysis of political extremism and bias crimes in the United States in the quarterly ]. The '''Southern Poverty Law Center''' is based in ] in the South of the US. It was started in ] by ] and ] as a ] law firm. Their first case forced the local YMCA to racially integrate their athletic offerings. Now it is known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacist groups, its tracking of hate groups and its sponsorship of the Maya Lin-designed Civil Rights Memorial. The Center publishes in-depth analysis of political extremism and bias crimes in the United States in the quarterly ].




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The Southern Poverty Law Center is based in Montgomery, Alabama in the South of the US. It was started in 1971 by Morris Dees and Joe Levin as a civil rights law firm. Their first case forced the local YMCA to racially integrate their athletic offerings. Now it is known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacist groups, its tracking of hate groups and its sponsorship of the Maya Lin-designed Civil Rights Memorial. The Center publishes in-depth analysis of political extremism and bias crimes in the United States in the quarterly Intelligence Report.


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