MONTGOMERY, AL -- 5/25/17 -- The Civil Rights Memorial Center is located in the former headquarters of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Dedicated to telling the story of the Civil Rights Movement, the museum sees 40,000 visitors a year. Nirosha Poyhola, right, and Niklas Tuomola, Finnish students in the United States on a cross country road trip, made it a point to include the museum on their itinerary.
Civil Rights attorney Morris Dees co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center in 1971. The group has taken on the Ku Klux Klan and fought for against hate for decades, but is now facing criticism that it has labeled some groups without just cause..…by André Chung #_AC20041