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2008:

  1. A conversation with Marian Wright Edelman
    A conversation with Marian Wright Edelman

    with Marian Wright Edelman on Nov 3, 2008

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2006:

  1. A discussion about the young victims of Hurricane Katrina with guest host Brian Williams
    A discussion about the young victims of Hurricane Katrina...

    with Marian Wright Edelman on Apr 6, 2006

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1996:

  1. A conversation with Marian Wright Edelman
    A conversation with Marian Wright Edelman

    with Marian Wright Edelman on Apr 10, 1996

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1995:

  1. An interview with Marian Wright Edelman
    An interview with Marian Wright Edelman

    with Marian Wright Edelman on Oct 18, 1995

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    60 min
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Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for the rights of children and is president and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund.

Edelman, who was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Poor People’s March on Washington, and on a variety of other civil rights and public interest causes before founding the Children?s Defense Fund in 1973.

Edelman received the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism and was also awarded the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America.

Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Wright_Edelman