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Sherrilyn Ifill Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Sherrilyn Ifill is a civil rights lawyer and law professor. Former President & Director-Counsel of LDF (NAACP Legal Defense Fund). Sr Fellow, Ford Foundation. Tweets are my own. Also at: @ifilljustice@mastodon.social

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Book Cover for: American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time, Tracy K. Smith

American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time

Tracy K. Smith
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

I read this marvelous poem by @JerichoBrown for the first time last month in Tracy K. Smith’s ā€œAmerican Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time.ā€ For some, our mothers; for others our grandmothers or great grans. May we never forget their names. #MothersDay https://t.co/8dROc84F3F

Paperback, 2018

$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law

Richard Rothstein
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

For more, read Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Govt Segregated America.

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Book Cover for: The Great Historic Families of Scotland, James Taylor

The Great Historic Families of Scotland

James Taylor
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

@ThatEricAlper Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - James Taylor Testimony: Vol 1 - India Arie Comedia - Hector Lavoe Field Songs - Fertile Ground Mystery Lady - Etta James A Donny Hathaway Collection - Donny Hathaway For Those in Love - Dinah Washington Sassy Swings the Tivoli - Sarah Vaughn

Paperback, 2022

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics--And How to Cure It, Richard L. Hasen

Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics--And How to Cure It

Richard L. Hasen
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

Looking forward to reading @rickhasen’s #CheapSpeech. https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1500129628144369666

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Trouble in Mind, Alice Childress

Trouble in Mind

Alice Childress
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

I love Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind. When it ran ⁦@centerstage_md⁩ w/E. Faye Butler I saw it 5 times. This Bdway production w/⁦ ⁦@laChanze⁩ is superb. Negotiated interracial spaces brimming w/tension; the demand for dignity; the privilege of ignorance, and… https://t.co/0gXT6DZ2Fl

Paperback, 2022

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, Gilbert King

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

Gilbert King
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

Also @SenatorDurbin encouraged folks to read @Gilbert_King’s Devil In The Grove, the Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Marshall & @NAACP_LDF’s representation of Black men shot and framed by a racist sheriff in Groveland, FL. https://t.co/YNEqoZEYmy

Paperback, 2013

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: In the Eye of the Wild, Nastassja Martin

In the Eye of the Wild

Nastassja Martin
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

Well, just finished Nastassja Martin’s ā€œIn The Eye Of The Wildā€ - one of the most challenging, haunting, astonishingly beautiful memoirs I’ve ever read. https://t.co/cg8qBSjAkQ

Paperback, 2021

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pomegranate, Helen Elaine Lee

Pomegranate

Helen Elaine Lee
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

Such a great party to celebtate Helen Elaine Lee’s new book ā€œPomegranate.ā€ One of those wonderful gatherings in our nation’s Capitol. Thanks to our hosts @smalonemd & @LawProfButler. https://t.co/0gS3J0WUUC

Paperback, 2024

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cicely Tyson: Epitome of Elegance and Humanity: Cicely Tyson's Life Elegance Cicely Tyson's Biography Facts about Cicely Tyson Impor, Joan Wesley

Cicely Tyson: Epitome of Elegance and Humanity: Cicely Tyson's Life Elegance Cicely Tyson's Biography Facts about Cicely Tyson Impor

Joan Wesley
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

#CicelyTyson powerfully presented deep, abiding, beautiful Black love on screen. Remember her love for Joe Pittman in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman? Remember 100 yr old Jane says ā€œthere have been a few men since but none could touchā€ her love for Joe Pittman. Shivers. https://t.co/16Egz5C3P6

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Book Cover for: The age we Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century, From the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time: 1, James Taylor

The age we Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century, From the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time: 1

James Taylor
Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill

@ThatEricAlper Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - James Taylor Testimony: Vol 1 - India Arie Comedia - Hector Lavoe Field Songs - Fertile Ground Mystery Lady - Etta James A Donny Hathaway Collection - Donny Hathaway For Those in Love - Dinah Washington Sassy Swings the Tivoli - Sarah Vaughn

Paperback, 2018

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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