Sherrilyn Ifill

Sherrilyn Ifill is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)

Recent Articles

Black Children Will Be the Victims of Armed Teachers

Even though few school shooters have been of color

By Sherrilyn Ifill June 3, 2021

President Trump's First Year Was an Affront to Civil Rights

When Donald Trump made his campaign pitch to African-American voters in Michigan, he clung to an image of black America that’s as racialized as it is entrenched in the minds of many of his supporters....

By Sherrilyn Ifill January 17, 2018

Black Voters in Alabama Mattered Way Before Doug Jones Beat Roy Moore

If there’s anything to learn from the Jones-Moore race, it is that black voters care about the direction of their state

By Sherrilyn Ifill December 19, 2017

Sherrilyn Ifill to Vassar Grads: 'Leave Space in Your Life'

The President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund shares her advice for the Class of 2016

By Sherrilyn Ifill February 26, 2019
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