Sherrilyn Ifill

Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Sherrilyn Ifill. Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing starts today and Ifill says that’s ridiculous. “This hearing should not be happening,” especially because the president who nominated him is basically, “an unindited conspirator,” she said. The Supreme Court is the highest authority […]

April Ryan, American Urban Radio White House correspondent, and Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense, take a hard look at the Trump administration’s controversial immigration policies which have led to thousands of ICE raids across the country and the separation of immigrant children from their parents. Having trouble listening above? Listen to […]

Voter suppression is a huge issue that has affected the Black community for many years. More recently, the Supreme Court has met over deciding to purge voters from a list because they have not voted in past elections consistently.  Roland Martin talks with the leader of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Sherrilyn Ifill about the fight to keep voters […]

2/1/17-Roland Martin talks to Sherrilyn Ifill, President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund about Donald Trump appointing Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court. “He’s in the mold of Justice socilia 2,0. we all know who he was and where he stood. He was against affirmative action and said AA needed to be on a lower […]

  Roland Martin talks to Sherrilyn Ifill, leader of the legal defense and education fund about what happens now that the #Selma50 celebrations are over. “We’ve got three things we’ve got to do an we’ve go to do it this week. One is the confirmation vote for Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. Secondly we need […]

Roland Martin talks with Sherrilyn Ifill, head of the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, about the importance of continuing the fight for the Voting Rights Act. If changes to your voting rights are occurring in your town, please alert officials at vote@naacpldf.org.

Sherrilyn Ifill was named the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Education Fund back in November. Today she joined Roland Martin on the TJMS to discuss the importance of the organization and outline some initiatives that are currently happening.