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

American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time
Tracy K. Smith
I read this marvelous poem by @JerichoBrown for the first time last month in Tracy K. Smithās āAmerican 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
The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein
For more, read Richard Rothsteinās The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Govt Segregated America.
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The Great Historic Families of Scotland
James Taylor
@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
Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics--And How to Cure It
Richard L. Hasen
Looking forward to reading @rickhasenās #CheapSpeech. https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1500129628144369666
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Trouble in Mind
Alice Childress
I love Alice Childressā Trouble in Mind. When it ran ā¦@centerstage_mdā© w/E. Faye Butler I saw it 5 times. This Bdway production w/⦠ā¦@laChanzeā© 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
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Gilbert King
Also @SenatorDurbin encouraged folks to read @Gilbert_Kingās Devil In The Grove, the Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Marshall & @NAACP_LDFās 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
In the Eye of the Wild
Nastassja Martin
Well, just finished Nastassja Martinās āIn The Eye Of The Wildā - one of the most challenging, haunting, astonishingly beautiful memoirs Iāve ever read. https://t.co/cg8qBSjAkQ
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pomegranate
Helen Elaine Lee
Such a great party to celebtate Helen Elaine Leeās new book āPomegranate.ā One of those wonderful gatherings in our nationās Capitol. Thanks to our hosts @smalonemd & @LawProfButler. https://t.co/0gS3J0WUUC
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cicely Tyson: Epitome of Elegance and Humanity: Cicely Tyson's Life Elegance Cicely Tyson's Biography Facts about Cicely Tyson Impor
Joan Wesley
#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 āthere have been a few men since but none could touchā her love for Joe Pittman. Shivers. https://t.co/16Egz5C3P6
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The age we Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century, From the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time: 1
James Taylor
@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