Spring commencement address, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Marian Wright Edelman. 1998.

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Spring commencement address, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Marian Wright Edelman. 1998.

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Edelman, Marian Wright

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Marian Wright Edelman, founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund, was born on June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina. Edelman was the youngest of five children and credits her father with instilling in her an obligation to right wrongs. When African Americans in Bennettsville were not allowed to enter city parks, Arthur Wright, her father, built a park for African American children behind his church.Edelman is a graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School. While working as...