Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | news
President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joins Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss voter suppression in Georgia and North Dakota ahead of Election Day.
Monday, September 28, 2015 | news
Housing Discrimination, Racial Segregation And Poverty In America There’s been a series of events that are shining a spotlight on an issue that typically doesn’t receive a lot of attention: housing. From the unrest in Ferguson and Baltimore, to a major Supreme Court decision, to David Simon’s new TV show “Show Me A Hero,” people […]
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 | news
LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill sat down with Crooked Media’s DeRay Mckesson for the latest episode of the ‘Pod Save the People’ podcast. She discussed LDF’s efforts to advance voting rights as well as our work ensuring that only qualified judicial nominees are able to join the federal bench.
Friday, April 26, 2019 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joined All In with Chris Hayes to discuss President Trump’s defense of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Charlottesville protesters.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 | news
LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill sat down with MTV’s Jamil Smith for the latest episode of ‘The Stakes’ podcast. She discussed LDF’s efforts in transforming police departments across the country and the nomination of Jeff Sessions for United States Attorney General.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill has served as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund since January, and she says that while “the signs are all around me that I’m new”—including bare walls in her offices in New York and Washington—she feels “quite settled in.” This may be partly due to her familiarity with the […]
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 | news
Hillary Clinton to Speak at BET’s Leading Women Defined Summit Tonight (March 1), Clinton will address the Leading Women Defined Summit (LWD), presented by COVERGIRL. The vision of BET Networks chairman and CEO Debra Lee, the seventh annual summit will bring together the nation’s most prominent African-American women during Women’s History Month to help set […]
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 | news
LDF Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill was backstage at the Melissa Harris-Perry Show which was broadcast live from the Essence Festival in New Orleans this weekend. While waiting for her appearance on the show, Ifill was interviewed by Brentin Mock of Colorlines magazine on LDF’s blueprint for protecting minority voting rights after the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County, Ala. […]
Thursday, September 22, 2016 | news
Tackle racial bias in policing at the root While policing is largely a state and local function, the federal government has the power and obligation to impose this nationwide solution. Annually, it confers at least $2 billion in federal grants to police departments around the country. Tulsa has received $14 million since 2010; Charlotte has gotten $4 million. Larger jurisdictions receive considerably […]
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 | news
Although “voter fraud” has long been on the list of myths perpetuated by state-level Republican leaders to justify onerous voter ID laws, even Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse the president’s views about widespread voter fraud. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said that no federal dollars should be used to support the president’s search for […]
