WHO:       Sherilynn Ifill

                 President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund

WHAT:      The 2014 Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture:

                 “Matters of Race: Brown, Ferguson and the Unfinished Civil Rights Agenda”

WHEN:     Thursday, Nov. 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 

WHERE:   University of Pennsylvania Law School

                 Silverman Hall, Room 240A

                 3400 Chestnut St.

                 Philadelphia

Co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Africana Studies and Law School, this year’s speaker is Sherilynn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. A leading civil rights scholar and lawyer, Ifill will address the current racial climate in America as a part of the ongoing civil rights agenda.

Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dorothy Roberts, who will introduce Ifill, said, “The audience can look forward to a provocative discussion that ties together the historic legacy of struggle for equal rights and the burning issues of racial justice that face our country today.” 

The program is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.