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#OTD in 1956, SCOTUS upheld a ruling that ended bus segregation in Montgomery, a vital win in the fight for equality. Yet violence followed, ending only after the arrests of KKK members a year later. Progress takes persistence and #TheMarchContinues. Learn more:

Jack Greenberg, a civil rights attorney who served as director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1961 to 1984, was born #OTD in 1924. He played a pivotal role in historic cases, including Brown v. Board of Education, ending segregation in public schools, and Meredith

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The SPLC's Civil Rights Memorial Center is closed Dec. 11-25, but you can still engage with the Memorial by taking an interactive virtual tour! 📲 Go to bit.ly/373KWOj to download the #CRMC app on your iOS or Android device to be your own guide

In Mississippi, there are major disciplinary disparities by race regardless of disability status, with Black students receiving around 75% of suspensions and 67% of expulsions despite making up less than 50% of K-12 students. Learn more in our report on the State of Special

Delvin Davis, senior policy analyst at SPLC says incarcerating a child comes with a big price tag. “Once the kid is incarcerated, it’s not just the kid that’s impacted, but it’s the parents, it’s the siblings, it’s everybody in that kid’s community as well,” Davis said.

During his second term, there are concerns that President Trump will compromise the traditional independence of the Department of Justice and weaponize it to do his bidding. Read more about the history and significance of the U.S. Department of Justice in the latest from

“The death penalty is rooted in a deep history of racialized violence, and we applaud the Biden administration for commuting the sentences of almost all of the people on federal death row," said Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the SPLC. bit.ly/4fwof2r

Surges in anti-LGBTQ+ & gender-based bigotry are partially explained by online spaces where it is fostered and thrives, like video game chats. The #NotJustAJoke report assesses how adults can build resilience or intervene when a young person has been impacted by hate:

We each have the power to accept our role in a child's village. Revisit the @LearnForJustice magazine to read about the importance of centering the needs of youth and actively engage parents, caregivers, and families to form strong partnerships in education. #LFJ

🎯FACT: #Mississippi is home to three of the 50 most segregating school district borders in the U.S. 📲 Revisit the #LearningGap report, where we review how disparities like this limit the equal opportunity to learn that all students should receive: bit.ly/4ikMnry

Did you know that the SPLC opened our Civil Rights Memorial Center in 2005 to honor the lives of 40 people killed during the #CivilRightsMovement? 🤳 Download our interactive app, take a virtual tour of the CRMC and learn about often unknown martyrs of our history and using

#OTD in 1956, a bomb exploded under civil rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth’s Birmingham home. He and his family survived. Undeterred by a KKK-linked officer’s warning to leave town, he led protest rides the next day. Courage in the face of terror. #TheMarchContinues

Youth justice reform measures in the mid-1990s were primarily based on the since-discredited “superpredator” theory and other racist tropes. As a result, Georgia children were met with punishment instead of rehabilitation as the default. Georgia youth justice needs reform:

We all play an essential role in introducing media literacy concepts to young people, helping them resist disinformation & counter hate and bias. Revisit these @LearnForJustice resources to help you learn & share necessary media literacy skills 🔗 LFJ: bit.ly/48MZIUs

There is broad medical consensus on the necessity of gender-affirming care for trans and nonbinary minors. The harm of withholding care has been documented in numerous studies and shows that receiving gender-affirming care significantly reduces those risks. Learn more:

📢 School leaders and lawmakers should create holistically safe schools for all students by investing in student support services! Read + share more tips for making schools safe featured in the #KeepHerSafe report: bit.ly/3WttEkW #ChildrensRights #SchoolSafety

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The full extent of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for the U.S. Department of Defense is not yet known, but Trump and his Cabinet pick have proposed changes to the military. Read more about the country’s oldest and largest government agency in the latest from #Hopewatch:

The Southern Poverty Law Center has always used social media, including X (formerly Twitter) as a tool to amplify our mission: fighting hate, seeking justice, and promoting equity. Recently, we’ve witnessed a troubling rise in hate speech and disinformation, along with a