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Sherrilyn Ifill on the Diane Rehm show on NPR in debate with conservative lawyer Michael Carvin

Voting Rights Act Before The Supreme Court The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made it illegal for states to deny voting rights based on race or color. But Southern states enacted poll taxes and literacy tests to keep blacks from voting. Then in 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. Section 5 of the […]

Sherrilyn Ifill on Tavis Smiley’s AYG radio

On Tavis Smiley’s show AYG radio, Sherrilyn Ifill discusses the current civil rights movement; how the dis-empowered can be agents of change; and how the current generation of civil rights activists can organize and mobilize.

Sherrilyn Ifill on Safeguarding the 2020 Elections | 60 Minutes

Sherrilyn Ifill joined 60 Minutes to discuss the recent LDF voting rights win in the Eleventh Circuit and safeguarding the 2020 elections.

Sherrilyn Ifill on Random House Big Ideas Night Panel with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Chris Hayes, and Rebecca Traister

Random House hosts “Big Ideas Night” panel with LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill, MSNBC host and author Chris Hayes, author and journalist Rebecca Traister, author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, and publisher and editor-in-chief Chris Jackson as moderator. They discussed the aftermath of the 2016 Presidential election, and what a Trump presidency could mean for […]

Sherrilyn Ifill on PoliticsNation: You Have a Better Chance of Being Struck By Lightning Than Encountering In-Person Voter Fraud

New Concerns About Voter Intimidation A group called “Vote Protectors” is trying to recruit 3,000 poll watchers in key battleground states. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Sherrilyn Ifill and Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice join to discuss. Watch the full video here.

Sherrilyn Ifill on Politics Nation: AG Jeff Sessions Walking Away From Obligation to Protect Communities From Unconstitutional Policing

Sessions orders review of police reform deals Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, joins Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss Attorney General Jeff Sessions working to undo police reforms developed under the Obama administration. 

Sherrilyn Ifill on Panel Discussion on the 150th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment

December 6, 2015,  marked the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, which wrote slavery out of our Constitution and breathed life into Abraham Lincoln’s promise of a “new birth of freedom.” The National Archives, in partnership with the National Constitution Center, Constitutional Accountability Center commemorated this momentous date in our Nation’s history […]

Sherrilyn Ifill on NPR: Trump DOJ has Obligation to Enforce Nation’s Civil Rights Laws

From LGBT issues to police shootings, civil rights has been the story of the Obama Justice Department. NPR takes a look at what Donald Trump’s civil rights team might make a priority. JOHNSON: Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund says she plans to hold the Trump administration accountable for its words and its […]

Sherrilyn Ifill on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Discussing Impeachment Hearings & Election Integrity

LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill discusses the appalling refusal to receive evidence during Senate hearings and the implications of those actions on the rule of law. She also explains how these actions and recent decisions in the Senate can impact the integrity of our elections. 

Sherrilyn Ifill on MSNBC’s Chris Hayes about the Immediate Actions Needed to Achieve Justice for George Floyd