Marian Wright Edelman
Hate That Hate Creates: We Must Stop Destroying our Children
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo-Flickr. [Commentary] Joseph Miles is 51 years old, but says he spends a lot of time today thinking about the following ...
Nation of Violence: Guns Terrorize Millions of American Children
Illustration: Cory M. Grenier-Flickr. Ashley Prentice, King Carter, Marian Wright Edelman, Gun violence, American gun violence, Makiyah Wilson, On July 16, 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson ...
Tribute: Dorothy Cotton Was a Fearless Fighter against Racism and Injustice
Dorothy Cotton. Photos: YouTube. Dorothy Cotton once said: “We love Dr. King. I love Dr. King, but it was not Dr. King’s movement. He ...
We Win When We Resist Together: Activism Versus Gun Violence
National Rifle Association (NRA) leader Wayne La Pierre –on defensive In the spring of 1960, I was a senior at Spelman College in Atlanta ...
DACA Debacle: These Are The Lives That Remain on Pause Button
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: Case.edu Daniela Gonzalez is a mother of two who lives in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from middle and ...
Fifty Years After Kerner — “Two Societies, One Black, One White—Separate and Unequal”
Roy Wilkins and Otto Kerner, Jr. Photo: Wikimedia “In 1968, the Kerner Commission concluded that America was heading toward ‘two societies, one black, ...
Over 3,400 Children -and teens- Killed By Guns Each Year: Where Is Leadership President Trump?
Gunman Nicolas Cruz. NBC news screenshot Violence against children. For many people the words alone are unthinkable—the absolute worst of what humans are capable ...
Happy 2018: Never Ever Give Up Fighting for What You Believe In
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo-YouTube This is a time to stand and fight for the futures of our children and the soul of our nation ...
Celebrating With Hope Even After Congress Said “There Is No Room at the Inn”
Marian Wright Edelman A friend shared a story I love about our mutual friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. some years ago. ...
Tribute: Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, Towering Scholar
Dr. Cook, far right seated, shown with family. Photo: The Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity When Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook passed away ...
