Tuesday, January 24, 2017 | news
DOJ Asks to Postpone Texas Voter ID Hearing Texas federal court has delayed a voter ID hearing, signaling changes in the DOJ under Trump’s administration. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Sherrilyn Ifill discusses the case and the decision’s possible outcomes.
Saturday, May 13, 2017 | news
Sessions orders toughest drug sentences It’s a step toward bringing back the so-called War on Drugs.
Friday, January 13, 2017 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill discusses the confirmation hearing of Sen. Jeff Sessions, nominee for United States Attorney General, and the future of policing reform if Sessions is confirmed as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer.
Friday, July 9, 2021 | page
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and national civil rights leaders met with President Biden, Vice President Harris, and senior White House officials to discuss the freedom to vote and restoring trust in law enforcement through police accountability. Read the full press release here.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 | news
As the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Sherrilyn Ifill talks to Andrea Mitchell on the importance of civil rights, which is the real democracy-maintenance work. She also discusses the urgent necessity of the Voting Rights Amendment Act. Learn more about the proposed Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (VRAA). Watch the […]
Saturday, May 17, 2014 | news
On May 17, 2014, Sherrilyn Ifill appears on C-Span’s Washington Journal show discussing Brown v. Board of Education and its legacy.
Friday, May 9, 2014 | news
In an interview with CBS Radio’s Fresh Perspectives show, Sherrilyn Ifill discusses the Brown v Board of Education decision sixty years on, as well as the work that has been done in desegregation efforts and the work that lays ahead for the country. Ifill discusses the significance of Brown in shifting American life. It was […]
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 | news
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joined Democracy Now! to discuss the ongoing trial of two Baltimore police officers who are part of what has been described as one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation. Sherrilyn […]
Saturday, May 13, 2017 | news
Sessions’ disastrous drug crime policy Joy Reid and her panel discuss Attorney General Jeff Sessions reverting the evolution on drug crime charges back to harsh sentencing, despite the chorus of voices and mountains of evidence declaring: it doesn’t work.
Friday, December 9, 2016 | news
A bystander video showed former officer Michael Slager shooting an unarmed Black man, Walter Scott, as he ran away. Sherrilyn Ifill joins Chris Hayes to discuss the case that ended in a mistrial.
