Marian Wright Edelman
FORMER SPELMAN PRESIDENT DR. DONALD STEWART’S LEGACY CONTINUES TO BENEFIT AFRICAN AMERICANS
[Education News] Marian Wright Edelman, on Dr. Donald Stewart “Under his leadership the college’s commitment to STEM skyrocketed, including establishment of the chemistry and ...
AMERICANS MUST STRUGGLE TO CREATE A JUST AMERICA BY FREEING IT FROM RACISM AND BIGOTRY
[Marian Wright Edelman Column] Photo: YouTube
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 ...
Trump Administration Rolls Back Protection Against Harsh Punishments That Force Children Out of Schools
Donald Trump. His Education and Justice Departments set to place students of color at additional disadvantage. Photo: Gage Skidmore–Flickr In January 2014, the U.S. ...
Tribute to Lucy Durr Hackney: Fighter for Justice and Civil Rights
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: YouTube [Commentary] When Lucy Durr married Sheldon Hackney in 1957, the custom alterations to her beautiful gown ...
My Holiday Season Prayers for Our Children–Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: news.flu.edu All during the Christmas season, as millions celebrate a poor, homeless child Christians call Savior, I think about the ...
We Must Protect Our Children America Not Guns
We are betraying our children. Six years ago today, December 14 started off like an ordinary morning in classrooms across our country. Children rushed ...
Tribute: My Friend Dr. John Maguire, Dr. King’s Ally, Was a Brave and Happy Warrior for Justice
Marian Wright Edelman, John Maguire and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961 at Wesleyan University My dear friend Dr. John Maguire readily ...
Tribute To Rev. James Lawson: At 90, Still Tireless Warrior for Soci-economic and Political Justice
Rev. James Lawson. Photo: Vanderbilt.edu This is how Rev. James Lawson puts it: “The way through chaos, calamity, and confusion is not by adding ...
Commentary: This Tuesday, Vote For The Future of America’s Children
Marian Wright Edelman “That candidates were answering to us was really powerful. I was really glad I got to be a ...
