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By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyThis month, I had the chance to see the best and worst of America's progress on race. In Bennettsville, S.C., citizens of every color joined in a joyous grand opening of the Marian Wright Edelman Public Library of Marlboro County. It was a homecoming for the founder of the Children's Defense Fund, who was prevented from using the town's library and other public facilities when she was growing up because of the color of her skin. It took many decades for Hugh McColl, who grew up 100 yards and an impassable racial distance from Edelman, to become close friends with the famed civil rights lawyer ...
Hometown Library Honors Marian Wright Edelman -- and Her Passion
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyBENNETTSVILLE, S.C. -- It's impossible to keep up with Marian Wright Edelman when she is talking about her passion. She wants every child to be healthy, well educated and able to fulfill a dream. The words -- focused and strong -- spill out, too fast to write them down, too fast, you swear, for a tape recorder to catch them all. On Sunday, her admirers talked about Edelman's "charm" and "relentlessness" when she returned to her South Carolina hometown for another honor in her long career of advocacy, one that will benefit the children she cherishes. The president of the Children's Defense ...
Marian Wright Edelman on What's Missing From Health Care Reform
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics Daily"It's been so hard to make children visible," said Marian Wright Edelman. The smallest citizens have trouble making their voices heard, so Edelman -- and the Children's Defense Fund, which she founded in 1973 -- speak up for them, their rights and policies that she feels would protect them. Edelman is raising that voice in favor of a change to the health care reform bill being considered in the Senate. And she's finding it difficult to rise above the din of debates over a list of other disagreements -- from payments for abortions to the question of coverage for immigrants. "The public ...
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