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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Lessons After September 11

by Marian Wright Edelman September 18, 2024September 18, 2024

parents helping their daughter to get ready for school

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: A Back-to-School Prayer

by Marian Wright Edelman September 11, 2024September 11, 2024

Civil rights activist Dorie Ladner, pictured at a Freedom Orientation in Ohio in June 1964, died on March 11 in Washington, D.C. She was 81. (Courtesy of SNCC Digital Gateway, Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, USM)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Honoring Freedom Summer

by Marian Wright Edelman September 4, 2024September 4, 2024

Shirley Chisholm

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Following Footsteps, Breaking Barriers

by Marian Wright Edelman August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

Fannie Lou Hamer (loc.gov)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Convention

by Marian Wright Edelman August 21, 2024August 21, 2024

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EDITORIAL: If Democracy Really Matters, Why Won’t America Restore Voting Rights for Felons Who Have Served Their Time?

by WI Editorial Staff August 21, 2024August 21, 2024

group of children walking near body of water silhouette photography

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: The Scratch Line

by Marian Wright Edelman July 17, 2024July 17, 2024

**FILE** James Lawson (ufcw770, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: ‘Dream and Labor’

by Marian Wright Edelman July 10, 2024July 10, 2024

Gospel performer Kirk Franklin dances with Vice President Kamala Harris during the National Celebration of Juneteenth on the South Lawn of the White House on June 10. (Courtesy of the White House)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Celebrating Juneteenth

by Marian Wright Edelman June 18, 2024June 18, 2024

Howard University graduates shout in excitement as each of their departments are officially bestowed their degrees during the 156th commencement convocation. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Lessons for Young Graduates

by Marian Wright Edelman May 29, 2024May 29, 2024