Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman is the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans. Under her leadership, CDF has become the nation's strongest voice for children and family rights. Her CDF's Action Council's Leave No Child Behind(R) mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. In...See more

Marian Wright Edelman is the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans. Under her leadership, CDF has become the nation's strongest voice for children and family rights. Her CDF's Action Council's Leave No Child Behind(R) mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. In 1963 First black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar. In 1968 Counseled the Poor People's March that Martin Luther King, Jr. was organizing before his death. The Measure o f Our Success A Letter to My Children and Yours [Most popular book; "a book to turn lives around." A compassionate message for parents trying to raise moral children], May 1993, Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780060975463 See less