E-mail a friendJuly 2, 2009
Debo Adegbile, director of litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, talks about the Voting Rights Act case he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Actor Bill Pullman compares acting in the theater to doing movies.
Debo Adegbile
Debo Adegbile
NAACP LDF lead litigator explains the importance of the Voting Rights Act, past and present. (2:28)
Full interview. (11:20)
As director of litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), Debo Adegbile oversees the areas of criminal and economic justice, education and political participation. He argued the case before the Supreme Court against a constitutional challenge to the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and coordinated national campaign strategy and made appearances to educate the public about VRA issues. Adegbile received a J.D. from NYU's law school and was formerly an associate at a multinational law firm.
Bill Pullman
Bill Pullman
Theater and film star talks about the high from being on stage. (1:11)
Full interview. (11:05)
Bill Pullman is at home on the stage, TV and in film. He's played a variety of roles, from Lost Highway's killer to the U.S. president in Independence Day. Pullman expected to become a drama teacher and earned an MFA degree in directing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He taught drama at Montana State University, but later decided to pursue professional acting. He also made his film directing debut in TNT's remake of The Virginian, wrote the play Expedition 6 and founded Big Town production company.