November 19, 2008
U.S. News and World Report
America's Best Leaders: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund
By Amanda Ruggeri
Marian Wright Edelman is one of the world's premier advocates for children through her nonprofit Children's Defense Fund. But Edelman has long been a pioneer. In 1965, she was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi bar. Later, she coordinated the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign. Edelman sat down with U.S. News's Amanda Ruggeri.
I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to ...
read the interview
U.S. News and World Report
America's Best Leaders: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund
By Amanda Ruggeri
Marian Wright Edelman is one of the world's premier advocates for children through her nonprofit Children's Defense Fund. But Edelman has long been a pioneer. In 1965, she was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi bar. Later, she coordinated the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign. Edelman sat down with U.S. News's Amanda Ruggeri.
I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to ...
read the interview