Sherrilyn ifill biography of barack obama

          There's a kind of professional role as a civil rights lawyer, and there's also just the personal role as an African American woman, as the child....

          Sherrilyn Ifill

          American lawyer (born 1962)

          Sherrilyn Ifill (born December 17, 1962) is an American lawyer and the Vernon E.

          Jordan, Jr., Esq. Endowed Chair in Civil Rights (Vernon E. Jordan) at Howard University. She is a law professor and former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.[1] She was the Legal Defense Fund's seventh president since Thurgood Marshall founded the organization in 1940.

          Sherrilyn Ifill describes why she initially thought Barack Obama would not win when he was history, politics, the arts, and culture by.

        1. Ifill recounted several incidents of lethal and excessive force exercised by law enforcement against African Americans nationwide in and.
        2. There's a kind of professional role as a civil rights lawyer, and there's also just the personal role as an African American woman, as the child.
        3. On February 18th, as part of the official recognition of Black History Month, President Obama met with a group of African-American leaders.
        4. Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill is the new head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

          5. Ifill is a nationally recognized expert on voting rights and judicial selection.[2] In 2021, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on its annual Time 100 list.

          Early life and education

          Sherrilyn Ifill was born on December 17, 1962, in Queens, New York[3] to Lester and Myrtle.

          She is the youngest of 10 children.[4] Her mother passed away when she was 6 years old.[4] She graduated from Hillcrest High School.[5] Ifill has an A.B. from Vassar College and a J.D.

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