Monday, April 24, 2017 | news
The change in boundaries came at the urging of the New York-based NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the country’s first civil rights law firm. “We believe that the city’s current electoral plan may undermine the opportunity of black voters in Florissant to participate equally in the political process and to elect candidates of their […]
Friday, January 11, 2019 | news
Beale Street x LDF: A Conversation We were thrilled to partner with Annapurna Pictures for a screening and discussion with Academy Award-winning film writer-director Barry Jenkins of his latest film, If Beale Street Could Talk, in Washington D.C. President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and Academy-Award Winning Writer-Director Barry Jenkins discuss James Baldwin’s work – a […]
Thursday, May 7, 2015 | news
Experts advance solutions for healing relationships between law enforcement and communities of color at America Healing Conference [Sherrilyn] Ifill recommended that the federal government leverage grants to change police behavior and practices in departments across the country. Specifically, she said the nearly $1 billion in annual grants should be conditioned on “training to manage implicit […]
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 | news
Healing Relationships between Law Enforcement and Communities of Color A Livestreamed Plenary Panel at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s America Healing Conference In light of recent events in Baltimore, Ferguson and cities around the country, there is an elevated level of distrust between many communities and police departments. Trust between law enforcement and the people they serve […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Friday, June 8, 2018 | director-counsels
Sherrilyn Ifill served as the seventh President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) from 2013 to 2022, and currently serves as President and Director-Counsel Emeritus. Ifill, the second woman to ever lead LDF, provided visionary and transformational leadership during one of the most consequential and intense moments in our nation’s history. Ifill […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Sherrilyn Ifill served as the seventh President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) from 2013 to 2022, and currently serves as President and Director-Counsel Emeritus. Ifill, the second woman to ever lead LDF, provided visionary and transformational leadership during one of the most consequential and intense moments in our nation’s history. Ifill […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 | staff
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 | page
Countdown Day 9: Conservatives should embrace Jim Sensenbrenner’s efforts to update the Voting Rights Act by Armstrong Williams of Amsterdam News First enacted in 1965, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) prohibited discriminatory voting practices that had been used to deny people, especially people of color, their constitutional right to vote. This landmark law had wide bipartisan support […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 | page
Countdown Day 8: The Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Monday that it would hold a hearing on voting rights on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder. The hearing is entitled, “The Voting Rights Amendment Act, S. 1945: Updating the Voting Rights Act in Response to Shelby County v. Holder.” It will be […]
