religion birth_place name birth_date residence image article_title birth_name occupation
unitarian shorter , alabama morris dees 16 december 1936 montgomery , alabama morris dees boston 2015.jpg morris dees
 morris seligman dees , jr. civil rights and social justice activist
morris dees

morris seligman dees , jr. -lrb- born december 16 , 1936 -rrb- is the co-founder and chief trial counsel for the southern poverty law center -lrb- splc -rrb- , and a former market engineer for book publishing .
along with his law partner , joseph j. levin jr. , dees founded the splc in 1971 , the start of a legal career dedicated to suing organizations in discrimination cases .
