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Media in category marian wright edelman the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Feb 10, 2015 marian wright edelman is founder and president of the childrens defense fund, the nations strongest advocacy group for children and families. She began her career as an attorney for the naacp legal defense and educational fund, serving as the director of the jackson, miss. Edelman became active in civil rights as a student at spelman college. Marian wright edelman facts biography yourdictionary. This week, the woman who organized the trip is reliving the tour. Beginning with her work in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, her founding of the childrens defense fund in 1973, and her ongoing work to reform government policies, she has been and remains a powerful voice for women, children and families. Marian wright edelman, c60, founder and president of the childrens defense fund, has been an advocate for disadvantaged americans for her entire professional life. Cdf is privately funded and advocates, researches, and lobbies for children.
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Jul 10, 2017 marian wright edelman fifty years ago, thenu. Jun 06, 2010 marian wright edelman was born on june 6, 1939, the youngest of five children to maggie bowen wright and baptist preacher, arthur wright. Marian wright edelman biography marian was born in bennetsville, south carolina on june 6, 1939. Marian wright edelman americans who tell the truth. This article profiles marian wright edelman, a crusader for civil and childrens rights. Marian wright edelman, the leading advocate for children s rights in the united states and the founder of the children s defense fund, can trace her commitment to serve others directly back to her own childhood in the southern united states. Programs marian wright edelman institute san francisco. Marian wright edelman writes in the huffington post about adults needing to shape up and close the hypocrisy gap 10072011. Marian wright edelman born june 6, 1939 is an american lawyer, educator, and childrens rights activist. Marian wright edelman, founder and president of the childrens defense fund, was born on june 6, 1939, in bennettsville, south carolina. Marian wright edelman, founder and president of the. The youngest of five children of a baptist preacher, edelman attended spelman college in atlanta and yale university, where she received her law degree in 1963. Following the historic sitin of four black students at a woolworths lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, edelman and seventyseven other students were arrested on march 15, 1960, for conducting a sitin at atlanta restaurants that served only whites. Her father, the reverend arthur jerome wright, was a baptist preacher, and her mother, maggie.
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