Marian Wright Edelman

  Marian Wright Edelman has made her mark on history in a variety of ways as an advocate for the rights of children and families. Edelman founded the Children’s Defense Fund in the early ’70’s, and still remains passionate about her mission to this day. Edelman was born in Bennettsville, S.C. on June 6, 1939. […]

Spelman College was founded on April 11, 1881 by two teachers in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. After money is gifted from John D. Rockefeller, the seminary for teachers is moved to its current grounds. The all-women’s school is named after Laura Spelman Rockefeller, the daughter of anti-slavery activists. In 1888, […]

Roland Martin talks with Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund about what steps need to be taken to keep black males off the “prison track” and in the classrooms.

Roland Martin talks with Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, about the impact of gun violence on the black community and the lack of community outrage over what she says is a “war against our children.”