Edelman: Honoring Sherrilyn Ifill, departing top lawyer for NAACP

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Edelman: Honoring Sherrilyn Ifill, departing top lawyer for NAACP

By Marian Wright Edelman Sherrilyn Ifill, the wonderful President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), just announced she will step down from LDF next spring. As the head of the nation’s premier civil rights legal organization fighting for equal justice under the law, she has been an extraordinary voice in […]

Source: The Birmingham Times

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