Tuesday, September 4, 2018 | news
By: Sherrilyn Ifill Source: CNN The ongoing investigation into President Donald Trump’s conduct in the 2016 election is not just an inquiry into whether he or his associates committed crimes. It is a test of America’s commitment to the basic principle that our justice system should treat every citizen equally. If the US Senate […]
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 | news
Remembering Amelia Boynton Robinson The image of Amelia Boynton Robinson knocked out cold by white troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, during the protest march from Selma to Montgomery, is one of the most frightening and iconic photos of the civil rights movement. It shows a mature woman, her coat and gloves reflecting […]
Friday, January 16, 2015 | news
The Supreme Court will hear Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. on January 21, 2015. This case puts landmark civil rights law in jeopardy, as the case considers whether to overturn foundational fair housing protections. LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill has written an op-ed on the issue, […]
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 | news
“Two newly released reports from the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian interference in the 2016 election have been nothing short of revelatory. Both studies — one produced by researchers at Oxford University, the other by the cybersecurity firm New Knowledge — describe in granular detail how the Russian government tried to sow discord and confusion among American voters. And both […]
Monday, August 14, 2017 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joined Ari Melber to discuss the white supremacist violence that swept Charlottesville, VA over the weekend and President Trump’s reaction.
Friday, January 20, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Investigation Into Freddie Gray’s Death Unresolved as Trump Takes Office Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said she and many others in the civil rights community “had hoped that we would have had a conclusion one way or the other” in the Gray and Garner cases by the […]
Saturday, July 1, 2017 | news
Trump Seen Hatching Voter Suppression Plan With New Fraud Group Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Donald Trump’s history and the people he is putting on his voter fraud commission point to a goal of suppressing voter participation.
Friday, May 17, 2019 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill discusses the critical nature of Brown v. Board of Education on the 65th anniversary of the decision and how important it is to have judicial nominees who endorse the case.
Saturday, April 24, 2021 | news
“STAY OUT OF POLITICS,” warned Mitch McConnell, the senate’s top Republican, representing Kentucky. It was a message to the American business community in response to the condemnation by some prominent business leaders of a new law in Georgia that suppresses black votes. Though he later softened his rebuke, other elected officials and conservative voices have […]
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 | news
“We’ve got to really lean into the legal apparatus that has allowed this to happen.” For highlighted clips, click here.
