On Saturday, May 4, NJISJ will lead their annual pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march, which led to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

What happened in Selma transformed democracy in America.

Within just one generation of its passage, the Voting Rights Act led to the election of more than 10,000 Black people, including the first Black president.

58 years after Bloody Sunday, it is time for reparations in Selma and beyond.

In partnership with our friends from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, we are co-hosting “Under the Bridge: The Need for Reparations in Selma and Beyond” outside the historic Brown Chapel, AME Church, where the Bloody Sunday March started.

The panel will feature Congressmembers Sheila Jackson-Lee and Terri Sewell and national partners.

If you will not be in Selma, please join the livestream of this event on Saturday, March 4 at 12:00 (CST)/1:00 PM (EST) here.