Quote by: Marian Wright Edelman

It was very clear to me in 1965, in Mississippi, that, as a lawyer, I could get people into schools, desegregate the schools, but if they were kicked off the plantations - and if they didn't have food, didn't have jobs, didn't have health care, didn't have the means to exercise those civil rights, we were not going to have success.


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Author Bio


  • NameMarian Wright Edelman
  • DescriptionAmerican activist and founder of the Children's Defense Fund
  • BornJune 6, 1939
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor
  • AwardsMacArthur Fellows Program; Lillian Smith Book Award; Gandhi Peace Award; National Women's Hall Of Fame