Sylvia Drew Ivie recalls the 1963 March on Washington

Born in Washington, D.C., Sylvia Drew Ivie grew up surrounded by heroes and educators not unlike her father, the late civil rights activist and surgeon Dr. Charles Drew. Fueled by a commitment to public service, she graduated from Howard University School of Law and joined LDF as an attorney in 1969. Her foundation in civil rights practice bolstered her later work in health law, where she fought in the courts for accessible health care. She later became the Senior Special Assistant to the President and CEO for External Affairs of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.

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Sylvia Drew Ivie recalls the 1963 March on Washington.

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2023

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Sylvia Drew Ivie interview for the Legal Defense Fund Oral History Project. Interviewed by Gabriel Solís on November 30, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Conducted in collaboration with the Southern Oral History Program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 