Friday, January 13, 2017 | news
Heed Coretta Scott King’s warning on Sessions Civil rights laws — from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the Lily Ledbetter Equal Pay Act of 2009 — have been instrumental in bending the arc of this country. Among the most important of these civil rights laws is the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which […]
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 | news
This week marks the 63rd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark case that outlawed racial segregation in our nation’s schools, fundamentally redefining the meaning of equality in American law. Although Brown is best remembered for sounding the death knell to Jim Crow in our country, the court’s decision […]
Monday, September 26, 2016 | news
Baltimore Sun: Attorney for 15-year-old girl pepper-sprayed by Hagerstown police slams chief for justifying actions Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the video shows that all of the officers need more training and that the officer who pepper-sprayed the girl is unfit for duty. “It’s clear that these police […]
Thursday, June 25, 2015 | news
Supreme Court upholds key piece of Fair Housing Act Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, talks to Andrea Mitchell about the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to uphold the 1968 Fair Housing.
Friday, February 13, 2015 | news
On February 9th, President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill presented remarks at the “Beyond Ferguson Series” hosted by the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law and School of Social Work. The “Beyond Ferguson Series” was the third of four speaking engagements that Ms. Ifill has done in the past several weeks, including appearances […]
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill gave a powerful talk on the Main Stage at the 2017 MAKERS Conference, touching upon topics including diversity, voter suppression, the spate of the police-involved death of unarmed African Americans caught on camera, and LDF’s 76 year history of fighting for equal justice for all. This year, MAKERS brought […]
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill gave a powerful talk on the Main Stage at the 2017 MAKERS Conference, touching upon topics including diversity, voter suppression, the spate of the police-involved death of unarmed African Americans caught on camera, and LDF’s 76 year history of fighting for equal justice for all. This year, MAKERS brought […]
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 | news
By: Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society Source: Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., gives a keynote on Thursday, March 1, 2018, on the third and final day of the “Race and Inequality in America: The […]
Friday, January 13, 2017 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joins the first episode of Diane Rehm’s podcast for a lengthy conversation on the confirmation hearings for Senator Jeff Sessions as he seeks to be the Attorney General of the United States. Segment begins at minute 9:40.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | news
Bard College held its 155th commencement on Saturday, May 23, 2015. Bard College held its one hundred fifty-fifth commencement on Saturday, May 23, 2015. At the commencement ceremony, Bard President Leon Botstein conferred 420 undergraduate degrees on the Class of 2015 and 148 graduate degrees. The commencement address was given by Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel […]
