Sherrilyn Ifill | Radcliffe Medal Ceremony | Radcliffe Day 2022

On Radcliffe Day 2022—Friday, May 27—we awarded the Radcliffe Medal to Sherrilyn Ifill.

Each year, on Radcliffe Day, the Institute awards the Radcliffe Medal to an individual who embodies our commitment to excellence, inclusion, and social impact. First awarded to Lena Horne in 1987, recent honorees include Dolores Huerta, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Melinda French Gates.

Our 2022 medalist, Sherrilyn Ifill, is the president and director-counsel emeritus of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., the nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality. Find out more at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/eve....

Our program includes a special message from Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; remarks by Rachel Maddow, host of the Emmy Award–winning The Rachel Maddow Show; a keynote conversation between Ifill and former Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow; and the formal award presentation by Harvard Radcliffe Institute Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin.

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0:00 Introduction
4:26 Bryan Stevenson
24:25 Rachel Maddow
36:45 Keynote Conversation
1:28:59 Award Presentation