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The Heinz Awards

17th

January 18, 2012

One On One

Children's rights advocate Marian Wright Edelman
Interview by Maria Hinojosa

Maria Hinojosa talks with Marian Wright Edelman, the first black woman to be admitted to the Bar in Mississippi. She worked alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for civil rights, and for the last four decades she has been a central figure in the struggle for children's rights in our country. Mrs. Edelman is the founder and president of The Children's Defense Fund and author of the #1 New York Times best seller The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours....

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Marian Wright Edelman is interviewed on public television's One On One.