Adeel Hassan and Karen Zraick
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The Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the nation’s largest legal advocacy groups, announced Wednesday that its co-founder and chief trial lawyer, Morris Dees, was fired after nearly a half-century, during which he helped grow the organization into a legal powerhouse with an endowment of nearly half a billion dollars focused on hate crimes.The Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the nation’s largest legal advocacy groups, announced Wednesday that its co-founder and chief trial lawyer, Morris Dees, was fired after nearly a half-century, during which he helped grow the organization into a legal powerhouse with an endowment of nearly half a billion dollars focused on hate crimes.
