Leah Aden Responds to Continuing At-Large Voting Battle in Fayette County, Georgia

Fayette Residents Continue Fight Against At-Large Voting “The decision by Fayette County is really is a step backwards and is an affront to progress that has been made in Fayette County,” said Leah Aden, assistant ...

Leslie Proll Weighs In on Senate No Child Left Behind Rewrite Vote

Senate passes No Child Left Behind rewrite, would shrink federal role Leslie Proll, director of the Washington, D.C., office of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the bill undermines the intent of the ...

Sherrilyn Ifill Lauds Supreme Court Decision in Disparate Impact Case

The Supreme Court’s other big case Chris Hayes talks to Sherrilyn Ifill, [President and Director-Counsel] of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund about why the court found the Texas Department of Housing guilty of housing discrimination.

Sherrilyn Ifill Hails Decision in Fair Housing Act Case

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 ...

On The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, Sherrilyn Ifill Talks on the Aftermath of the Emanuel A.M.E Church Massacre

Sen. Scott: Nation’s future has been changed Republican South Carolina Senator Tim Scott gave an emotional speech on the senate floor as he remembered the nine victims of the Charleston massacre. Sherrilyn Ifill, the New ...

Janai Nelson Discusses the Confederate Flag Issue Surrounding the S.C. Church Massacre

Janai Nelson, LDF Associate Director-Counsel, discusses the Confederate flag issue as it relates to the conversation surrounding the Emanuel A.M.E church shootings on KCRW.com, “To The Point” radio talk show. Black Deaths and White Culture Last week’s murder ...

CNN Quotes Sherrilyn Ifill on Pending Fair Housing Act Supreme Court Decision

Decision anxiously awaited in Supreme Court housing case “There is a huge divide that exists between us,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, the [President and Director-Counsel] of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund who was at ...

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