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Morris Dees

Morris Dees
Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center

Morris Seligman Dees Jr. is an American attorney known as the co-founder and former chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), based in Montgomery, Alabama. He ran a direct marketing firm before founding SPLC. Along with his law partner, Joseph J. Levin Jr., Dees founded the SPLC in 1971. Dees and his colleagues at the SPLC have been "credited with devising innovative ways to cripple hate groups" such as the Ku Klux Klan, particularly by using "damage litigation".

16 December 1936

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Born in the same month (December 1936): David CarradineHans van den BroekHoward Smith (director)Igor RodionovJames Burke (science historian)Joe D'AmatoMalcolm KirkMichael Z. HobsonPrincess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady OgilvyTrevor Taylor (racing driver)