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Sherrilyn Ifill

Sherrilyn Ifill is the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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December 8, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill
How Democrats Must Fight the Confirmation of Jeff Sessions
The Trump administration-in-waiting will try to paint Sessions as a civil rights advocate. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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