Southern Poverty Law Center

things in general. Like there are some people that say “make America “white” again”. Saying those type of things is ridiculous. Ever since Trump won for president, people think that they can just be mean towards anybody for no reason. “The Southern Poverty Law Center counted 867 cases of hateful harassment or intimidation in the United states the 10 days after the November 8th election.” (Hate crimes after trump wins article)…

possibilities. Clarke and his salesmen would keep most of the $10 dollar initiation fee, so he hired hundreds of salesmen, mostly Protestant ministers, and sent them out across the country to sell the Klan. Soon the Klan was no longer narrowly Southern; law and order, prohibition and anti-Catholicism were added to its white supremacist beliefs, and it enrolled millions of Klansmen and Klanswomen. The aura of violence was part of the initial appeal — when you put on your robes, you were a…

There has been countless research on the increasing popularity framing concept in media and its application by the media. The concept of framing as it relates to media, is based on focusing on the mere essence of an issue or a certain event and then creating and molding the story in order to influence how the consumer processes the information. The framing theory was first put forth by Erving Goffman (Goffman,). Goffman stated that people will interpret what goes on around the world through…

bussing but then like Atlanta turned to a system of neighborhood schools to restore order, increasing “white flight” and residential segregation. The restoration of neighborhood schools remained just as heavily segregated as they were under Jim Crow law, but instead this process operated through de facto segregation rather than de…

The best victims are always defenseless scapegoats. Demonstrating the innocence and downfall of a mockingbird in the novel and generating the title, To Kill a Mockingbird, is Tom Robinson. The mockingbird metaphor represents a lack of justice for the defenseless, or harming the innocent. As a result of stereotyping and discrimination, people are still killing mockingbirds today, specifically people from the Middle East. The author calls this novel To Kill a Mockingbird because people knowingly…

seemingly everything in between. In a country that was so fraught with change, it only seems fitting that libraries were undergoing significant changes also. The 1960s were a time of strife in the United States, especially so in the South. Jim Crow laws, which originated after the Reconstruction period, were still enforced—requiring all public places to enforce racial segregation.…

In the presidential election of 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt beat Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory across the Southern and Northern states. Roosevelt promised the American people hope in a time of economic disaster; "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." (Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal-The Library of Congress.) The outcome of this promise included an end to the Great depression and a forever changed America. Unlike his opponent in the election…

Current Event In 2012, peace talks began to bring a bilateral peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). These talks have been a move towards a conclusion, although with many set backs from both parties (Colombia Country Profile, 2015). The Colombian government and the FARC agreed to a cease-fire in December 2014. In 2013, the Colombian government used a provisional, partial agreement on land reform and political participation with…

arrested in Washington, DC outside of the South African Embassy to support and protest against the apartheid (Karimi, 2015). Julian was a dominating force who didn’t stop in the fight for equality. Accomplishments Bond was the founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), during 1971-1979. SPLC was a legal advocacy group that seeks overcome hate, teach tolerance, and seek justice. Julian was also elected chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in…

lives. For example, bus segregation was one of the most instrumental parts of civil rights history. Separated from whites, blacks were forced to live by different and less than equal laws. As a result of bus segregation, many laws were formed to help abolish it. The Browder vs. Gayle court case was one of these laws, it was one of the most significant in desegregating buses in Montgomery, Alabama, and bringing alertness to other places as well (tolerance). The Browder vs. Gayle case was…