mo4ch:>SPLC purges founder Morris Dees, cites ‘internal climate and workplace practices’ | Mo4ch News

The Southern Poverty Law Center has fired its founder Morris Dees for unspecified reasons, purging all mentions of him from its website. The organization is also seeking external review of its “climate” and business practices.The Montgomery, Alabama-based organization announced on Thursday that its dismissal of Dees was effective as of March 13.“As a civil rights organization, the SPLC is committed to ensuring that the conduct of our staff reflects the mission of the organization and the values we hope to instill in the world,” the group’s president Richard Cohen said in a statement. “When one of our own fails to meet those standards, no matter his or her role in the organization, we take it seriously and must take appropriate action.”Cohen did not offer any further specifics for the dismissal of Dees, the lawyer who was one of the founders of the SPLC back in 1971. A search for Dees on the SPLC website returned a "page not found" on Thursday.The SPLC started out as a civil …