Children's Defense Fund

Rev. Butts was a good friend, a powerful preacher, a leader devoted to positively uplifting the Black community

Remembering Rev. Calvin O. Butts of Abyssinian Baptist Church

Photo: YouTube When I was about seven years old, my family and I were visiting New York City and attending a large worship service ...

training session near the plantation on Maryland’s Eastern Shore where Harriet Tubman was enslaved

“Give Light And People Will Find The Way”

Photos: YouTube Earlier this year, members of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® team and other colleagues had opportunity to attend a training ...

Dr. Woodson was especially concerned about the “mis-education” of Black children

Carter G. Woodson And Black History Month Right Now

Photo: Twitter The roots of Black History Month in our nation are nearly a century old, but at a moment when some people are ...

we must ensure the needs of children are not sacrificed to protect rich individuals and corporations.

Congress, Don’t Play Political Football With Children’s Futures

Photo: Children’s Defense Fund As Congress continues to negotiate and finalize a budget reconciliation package, we must ensure the needs of children are not ...

This August marked the centennial of the birth of Alex Haley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose landmark book Roots opened

Honoring Legendary Author Alex Haley And Our African Roots

Photos: YouTube\Facebook “I feel that [my ancestors] do watch and guide, and I also feel that they join me in the hope that this ...

Child advocate Marian Wright-Edelman in the following piece talks about systemic racism in American healthcare

Finding Facts Regarding Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines Critical For Black America

Photos: YouTube Child advocate Marian Wright-Edelman in the following piece talks about systemic racism in American healthcare, the current impact of health disparities now ...

Dr. Howard Thurman A Litany of Thanksgiving,

Dr. Howard Thurman: A Litany of Thanksgiving

Photo: YouTube On this Thanksgiving I share again as I have over the years this beautiful prayer of our great Black theologian Dr. Howard ...

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GRIEF AND HOPE IN ERA OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

[Child Watch Column] Wright-Edelman: “In these times, we must all hold on to hope and have faith that we can and will overcome.” Photo: ...

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MARION WRIGHT-EDELMAN: A PANDEMIC PRAYER FOR CHILDREN EVERYWHERE

[Marian Wright-Edelman Child Watch Column] Wright-Edelman: Resented by some of those forced to care for them in too often inhumane child welfare and juvenile ...

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COVID-19 AND CHILDREN: “IS THIS EVER GOING TO END?”

[COVID-19\Children] 16-year-old Jaelynn asked a question many of us have: “Is this ever going to end, or is this something we’re going to have ...

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