a Fair Start
Freedom Schools Program and the Struggle to Provide Effective Education to marginalized Communities
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: YouTube Close your eyes and think about the words summer school. What comes to mind? If you picture a ...
Unthinkable Lives of Many Black Boys: Missing Caring Adult Mentors
Marian Wright Edelman What’s on the minds of many high school students these days—the start of a new school year, getting a driver’s license, ...
Building On Civil Rights Movement: From Freedom Summer to Freedom Schools
[Comment] As a brand-new law school graduate in 1963, I was fortunate enough to receive one of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF)’s first ...
Against All Odds: Children’s Defense Fund Celebrate Young People Struggling To Overcome Life’s Challenges
Marian Wright Edelman; doing the good work for children Seventeen-year-old Theresa Tran is one of this year’s winners of the Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio’s Beat ...
Celebrating CHIP: Why Every Child In America Needs Healthcare Coverage
Marian Wright Edelman We’re used to making a big fuss over children’s birthdays, but this week child advocates and families across the country are ...
