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Morris Dees
Morris Seligman Dees Jr. (born December 16, 1936) is an American lawyer and activist.
Morris deese biography
He is known as the co-founder and former chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).[2] Dees founded the SPLC in 1971. Dees and the SPLC have been thanked for finding ways to weaken hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan through litigation.[3]
In March 2019 the SPLC announced that Dees had been fired from the organization.[4][5][6] He has been accused of racial discrimination and sexual harassment.[7]
Early life
[change | change source]Dees was born in 1936 in Shorter, Alabama.[8] His family was Baptist.[9] After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1960,[10] Dees returned to Montgomery, Alabama, where he opened a law office.
He said that the fictional lawyer Atticus Finch was one of the reasons why he wanted to become a lawyer.&#