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Sherrilyn Ifill, Class V Speaker - 2019 Induction Ceremony

Sherrilyn Ifill addresses our broken democracy and the responsibility of the citizen in her remarks for Class V: Public Affairs, Business, and Administration (2:32), following an introduction from Alberto Ibargüen. Held on Saturday, October 12, 2019, the Induction Ceremony served as the 2083rd Stated Meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Class speakers included: climatologists Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lonnie G. Thompson; microbiologist Jo Handelsman; diplomat Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein; historian Margaret D. Jacobs; and lawyer and advocate Sherrilyn Ifill. ---------- Sherrilyn Ifill is the seventh President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights legal organization. LDF was founded in 1940 by legendary civil rights lawyer (and later Supreme Court justice) Thurgood Marshall. Ifill served as an Assistant Counsel for LDF from 1988 to 1993, litigating voting rights cases. She left LDF to teach at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, where in addition to teaching in the classroom, she litigated civil rights cases alongside her students for twenty years. She returned to LDF to lead the organization in 2013, and has emerged as one of the nation’s leading voices in the struggle for racial justice and equality. Under her leadership, LDF has intensified its litigation challenging voter suppression, racial discrimination in the criminal justice system, and housing discrimination, and has taken a leadership role in resisting federal efforts to roll back civil rights gains in areas such as affirmative action, employment discrimination, and school discipline policies. The organization is at the forefront of civil rights organizations challenging unconstitutional policing practices in cities around the country. A critically acclaimed author, her scholarly articles and her 2007 book On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century reflect her lifelong engagement in and analysis of issues of race and American public life. She serves on the board of the National Women’s Law Center, the National Constitution Center, and on the advisory board of the Profiles in Courage Award. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019. Alberto Ibargüen was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015 and serves as a member of the Academy’s Trust. #AcademyInduction