Friday, September 26, 2014 | news
Last night, Sherrilyn Ifill appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show where she discussed Attorney General Holder’s extraordinary civil rights legacy. “When Attorney General Holder took the helm of the Department of Justice in 2009, he vowed to make the Civil Rights division the department’s ‘crown jewel,’ and he has more than fulfilled that mission,” said […]
Friday, June 20, 2014 | news
** Watch testimony replay here ** Click here for a link to Ifill’s prepared testimony. (New York, NY)–On the one-year anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s decision that gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, the leader of the civil rights organization that litigated the case before the Court describes to Congress how the Shelby […]
Thursday, July 24, 2014 | news
After Daniel Pantaleo — an NYPD officer sworn to serve and protect New Yorkers — was filmed using a chokehold on Staten Island resident Eric Garner, who later died, new video surfaces of a separate violent arrest in Harlem. On MSNBC’s “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell Sherrilyn Ifill discusses NYC’s long history of police brutality and […]
Monday, October 20, 2014 | news
Watch Natasha Korgaonkar discuss the Supreme Court’s disappointing decision to allow an intentionally discriminatory Voter ID law to stay in place for the upcoming election. The good news is that the substance of our district court win has been left untouched. This is not the end — we will keep fighting against voter discrimination!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 | news
On Andrea Mitchell Reports, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the National Urban League’s Marc Morial talked with Chris Matthews (who filled in for Andrea Mitchell) about the makeup of the grand jury and the partiality of head prosecutor in the trial of the police officer who killed unarmed teenager Michael […]
Monday, August 18, 2014 | news
“What, since Sunday, has been done to give the community confidence that justice will be done?” Ifill asked on MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd” the morning of August 18th. “The unrest you see here is the frustration in the absence of leadership, the absence of accountability,” Ifill said. “Those leaders need to come […]
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 | news
Court rulings in Texas and Wisconsin are giving opponents of strict voter ID laws a chance to celebrate. Joy Reid looks at the impact of recent voter ID decisions around the country with Ryan P. Haygood. In a momentous ruling, federal district court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos struck down as racially discriminatory Texas’s photo ID law, […]
Sunday, January 17, 2016 | news
The enduring image of Dr. King for most Americans is of the great leader standing before a microphone and speaking soul-shaking, transformational words of truth. His speeches—whether “Give Us the Ballot” or “I Have a Dream”—powerfully examine the state of American democracy and call this nation to its highest self. His “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” is among the most […]
Monday, January 20, 2020 | news
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joined MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell to discuss the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., today’s rally against gun control in Virginia, and President Trump’s response.
Thursday, November 17, 2022 | page
On Democracy’s Front Lines Louisiana Voting Rights Defenders in Action By Ella Wiley Senior Communications Associate “In my opinion, election protection is the most sacred project that the Legal Defense Fund’s voting team works on throughout the year. Out of all the extraordinary work we lead, there is nothing more important or impactful than directly […]
