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In reply to the discussion: Name a successful Woman of Color [View all]Tanuki
(15,125 posts)136. Marian Wright Edelman
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Wright_Edelman
...Edelman was the first African Americanwoman admitted to The Mississippi Bar. She began practicing law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund's Mississippi office, working on racial justice issues connected with the civil rights movement and representing activists during the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964. She also helped establish a Head Start program.
Edelman moved in 1968 to Washington, D.C., where she continued her work and contributed to the organizing of the Poor People's Campaign of Martin Luther King Jr.and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She founded the Washington Research Project, a public interest law firm, and also became interested in issues related to childhood development and children.
In 1973, she founded the Children's Defense Fund as a voice for poor children, children of color, and children with disabilities. The organization has served as an advocacy and research center for children's issues, documenting the problems and possible solutions to children in need. She also became involved in several school desegregation cases and served on the board of the Child Development Group of Mississippi, which represented one of the largest Head Start programs in the country.[2]
As founder, leader and principal spokesperson for the CDF, Mrs. Edelman worked to persuadeCongress to overhaul foster care, support adoption, improve child care and protect children who are disabled, homeless, abused or neglected. A philosophy of service absorbed during her childhood undergirds all her efforts. As she expresses it, "If you dont like the way the world is, you have an obligation to change it. Just do it one step at a time."
She continues to advocate youth pregnancy prevention, child-care funding, prenatal care, greater parental responsibility in teaching values and curtailing what she sees as childrens exposure to the barrage of violent images transmitted by mass media. Edelman serves on the board of the New York City based Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty.
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...Edelman was the first African Americanwoman admitted to The Mississippi Bar. She began practicing law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund's Mississippi office, working on racial justice issues connected with the civil rights movement and representing activists during the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964. She also helped establish a Head Start program.
Edelman moved in 1968 to Washington, D.C., where she continued her work and contributed to the organizing of the Poor People's Campaign of Martin Luther King Jr.and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She founded the Washington Research Project, a public interest law firm, and also became interested in issues related to childhood development and children.
In 1973, she founded the Children's Defense Fund as a voice for poor children, children of color, and children with disabilities. The organization has served as an advocacy and research center for children's issues, documenting the problems and possible solutions to children in need. She also became involved in several school desegregation cases and served on the board of the Child Development Group of Mississippi, which represented one of the largest Head Start programs in the country.[2]
As founder, leader and principal spokesperson for the CDF, Mrs. Edelman worked to persuadeCongress to overhaul foster care, support adoption, improve child care and protect children who are disabled, homeless, abused or neglected. A philosophy of service absorbed during her childhood undergirds all her efforts. As she expresses it, "If you dont like the way the world is, you have an obligation to change it. Just do it one step at a time."
She continues to advocate youth pregnancy prevention, child-care funding, prenatal care, greater parental responsibility in teaching values and curtailing what she sees as childrens exposure to the barrage of violent images transmitted by mass media. Edelman serves on the board of the New York City based Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty.
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Beyonce earned the money. She can buy whatever the hell she wants. Why does that anger some?
brush
Aug 2017
#68
To start with, Barbara Lee, the proud progressive congresswoman from Berkeley.
Ken Burch
Aug 2017
#59
I so admired her, and mourned her untimely departure from both politics and this earth. nt
Hekate
Aug 2017
#172
I know many personally. But I think you mean "successful, FAMOUS or PROMINENT woman of color."
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#73
Oops. Well Bill Clinton was the first Black President and Hillary is his wife.
Blue_true
Aug 2017
#130
Don't see her listed here--I may have missed it--but I'll add Diahann Carroll.
Different Drummer
Aug 2017
#103
I could name a gazillion jazz and blues singers, opera singers, orchestra section players..
pangaia
Aug 2017
#126
Here's to our wives, and all the successful smart strong beautiful women of color.
yardwork
Aug 2017
#194
Dakota Staton, Minnie Ripperton and her daughter Maya Rudolf are some of my quirky faves.
bettyellen
Aug 2017
#163
Thank you for this! I remember her from 2004 and she was a terrific candidate
Rhiannon12866
Aug 2017
#229