North Carolina Icons: The Long View on the Flight for Civil Rights
When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Louisiana v. Callais earlier this year, it didn’t just change the law, it threatened unraveling decades of hard-won progress in voting rights and Black representation across the South. For those of us in this fight, it raised a question that feels both urgent and timeless: what do you do when the ground shifts beneath you?
Leslie Winner and Angela Bryant have been here before.
Join us for an intimate fireside chat with two of North Carolina's most distinguished civil rights leaders, in conversation with SCSJ Senior Counsel for Voting Rights, Hilary Harris Klein. Leslie Winner was the lead trial attorney in Thornburg v. Gingles, the landmark Supreme Court case that transformed voting rights for Black communities across the South. Angela Bryant has spent decades fighting for those same communities in the halls of the North Carolina legislature and beyond.
Together, they’ll reflect on the long arc of this work — the wins, the setbacks, and what it takes to keep going — and offer their perspective on what the post-Callais landscape means for North Carolina and the South.
Whether you’re new to voting rights or have been in this fight for years, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
Light refreshments will be provided.
