| Marian Wright Edelman  Born: 6-Jun-1939
Birthplace: Bennettsville, SC
Gender: Female
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder, Children's Defense Fund Father: Arthur Wright (Baptist preacher, d. circa 1953)
Mother: Maggie Bowen
Husband: Peter Edelman (civil rights lawyer, m. 14-Jul-1968, three sons)
Son: Joshua
Son: Jonah
Son: Ezra
University: BA, Spelman College (1960)
Law School: LLB, Yale Law School (1963)
NAACP Attorney for Legal and Defense Fund
Children's Defense Fund Founder and President (1973-)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Executive Committee (1961-63)
Americans for Democratic Action Director
Carol Moseley Braun for President
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Board of Directors
John Kerry for President
Public Agenda Policy Review Board
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Robin Hood Foundation Board of Directors
Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism 1988
Silver Buffalo
Thomas Merton Award 1990
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song (Jan-2011) · Herself
Author of books:
The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children & Yours (1992)
Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors (1999, memoir)
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