> > I read a feature article in a magazine today about a US civil rights organisation called the Southern Poverty Law Center, which fights discrimination (especially racism) with every legal tool it can get its hands on.
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> > One of the SPLC's major successes came in 1984, when it sued the Alabama chapter of the Ku Klux Klan for damages on behalf of the mother of a young man murdered by Klansmen. The chapter was bankrupted, and had to sell off its assets and property to pay the damages.
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> > The original SPLC building was torched by KKK arsonists in 1983. Attempts have been made against the new building with bombs and anti-tanks missiles. Many of the Center's lawyers are on hitlists.
> > Founder Morris Dees has been the target of over twenty would-be assassins; he has been declared "un-American" by the Council of Conservative Citizens, and Arkansas KKK members have marched through the streets bearing banners saying "MORRIS DEES - ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE".
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> > All of which means they must be doing something right.
> >
> > Paul, feeling strangely cheerful
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> Thanks, Paul, for mentioning Morris Dees. He is one of my heros.
> Howard

Yes, thank you Paul. It's nice to have these reminders of those who really do make a difference. I remember the first time I heard of things that Morris Dees had done. I was truely inspired by him.

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