The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was passed in 1993 in an effort to protect the rights of religious minorities. In this session, learn how RFRA has, since that time, been increasingly used to limit the scope of civil rights–and how civil rights groups and African American communities have responded.

Speakers:
Prof. Henry L. Chambers Jr., Professor of Law & Austin E. Owen Research Scholar, University of Richmond School of Law
Honorable Rev. Wendell Griffen, Retired Arkansas State Judge; Pastor, New Millenium Church

This is Session 7 of the Black Religious Liberty Curriculum (BRLC), a 12-part video series of conversations on the intersection of race, religion, and the law, featuring law professors, historians, theologians, religious studies scholars, activists, and preachers. The curriculum was created by Columbia Law School’s Law, Rights, and Religion Project with support from the Columbia Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life and the Proteus Fund’s Rights, Faith, and Democracy Collaborative. Video editing by ANKOSfilms.

Watch the rest of the curriculum series, at LawRightsReligion.org/our-work/brlc