Wednesday, May 6, 2015 | news
Marrying Dignity and Equal Protection “Yesterday, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether states can exclude gays and lesbians from the benefits of marriage, the crisis in Baltimore flooded the airwaves and brought renewed attention to long-simmering issues of racial justice. While the two issues might seem worlds apart, the often-overlooked truth […]
Wednesday, December 24, 2014 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill: “People have to speak for themselves and that’s the requirement for citizenship.” For the entire segment, click here.
Friday, May 30, 2014 | news
Statement from Sherrilyn Ifill on the “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative In February of this year, President Barack Obama unveiled the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color by building pathways for success. Today, the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, established through the initiative, released a […]
Friday, February 27, 2015 | news
Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act at the US Mission to the United Nations “Following Ambassador Power’s remarks and the video, Sewell Chan, Op-Ed/Sunday Review Deputy Editor of the New York Times, moderated a discussion with Wade Henderson, president & CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Sherrilyn Ifill, president […]
Thursday, July 14, 2016 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel, joined President Obama, chiefs of police, heads of police unions, activists, and other political and civil rights leaders at the White House yesterday hoping to find solutions to the violence that led to the death’s of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the five […]
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 | ldf-events
President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Sherrilyn Ifill, speaks at the Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation. [accordions id=’7910′]
Thursday, July 28, 2016 | news
Brown Decision’s Legacy Should Include White Children Everyone knows that the court in Brown declared racially segregated education unconstitutional. But the court also squarely identified segregation as an insidious form of racial subordination. The high court’s decision identified education as perhaps the most important function of state government and powerfully affirmed the right of black […]
Sunday, February 15, 2015 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill appears on Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer to discuss civil rights, policing and the 50th Anniversary of the march from Selma to Montgomery which resulted in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Ms. Ifill joined reporters Kim Strassel from the Washington Post, Jan Crawford from CBS, Peter Baker […]
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and LDF Fellow Richard Rothstein join NPR/WAMU 88.5’s program 1A on an episode entitled “The Long History and Lasting Legacy of Housing Segregation.” Other guests included: Jim Carr, Coleman A. Young Endowed Chair and Professor in Urban Affairs, Wayne State University; Visiting Fellow with the Roosevelt Institute; consultant to […]
Thursday, March 4, 2021 | page
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted citizenship and equal rights to African Americans. “Amend: The Fight for America” is a six-part Netflix docuseries that explores the ongoing fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the 14th Amendment. LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, Sherrilyn Ifill, and writer, producer, director and Amend co-creator, […]
