“When I was a child, there were a lot of times we were hungry. We had no electricity. We had no running water. I grew up in a shack. I'm not saying I had a bad life. I had a good life. But I saw a lot of things that I thought were unjust and unfair.”

About Marian Wright Edelman

Activist • American

Marian Wright Edelman is a renowned American activist for children's rights. She founded the Children's Defense Fund in 1973, a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to the welfare of children. Throughout her...