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04/06/2006
Marian Wright Edelman
A discussion about the young victims of Hurricane Katrina with guest host Brian Williams
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Guest host Brian Williams talks to Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund about the displaced children of Hurricane Katrina.
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
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
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