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Marian Wright Edelman, the Glossary

Marian Wright Edelman (Wright; born June 6, 1939) is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights.^[1]

66 relations: Academy of Achievement, African Americans, Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Philosophical Society, Anti-miscegenation laws, Atlanta, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Bates College, Bennettsville, South Carolina, Boy Scouts of America, Candace Award, Charles E. Merrill Jr., Children's Defense Fund, Children's Health Insurance Program, Children's rights, Civil and political rights, Civil rights movement, Community of Christ International Peace Award, Delta Sigma Theta, Doctor of Law, Ezra Edelman, Foster care, Freedom Summer, Georgetown University, Head Start (program), Heinz Awards, Honorary degree, Jefferson Awards for Public Service, Jonah Edelman, Joseph S. Clark's and Robert F. Kennedy's tour of the Mississippi Delta, La Salle University, List of first women lawyers and judges in Mississippi, Loving v. Virginia, MacArthur Fellows Program, Martin Luther King Jr., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, National Women's Hall of Fame, National Women's History Alliance, O.J.: Made in America, Ohio State University, Peter Edelman, Poor People's Campaign, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Robin Hood Foundation, Silver Buffalo Award, Sorbonne University, ... Expand index (16 more) »
American children's rights activists
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Academy of Achievement

The American Academy of Achievement, colloquially known as the Academy of Achievement, is a nonprofit educational organization that recognizes some of the highest-achieving people in diverse fields and gives them the opportunity to meet one another.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism

The Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism is a prize given to people who made exemplary contributions to humanity and the environment.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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American Academy of Political and Social Science

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) was founded in 1889 to promote progress in the social sciences.

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American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

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Anti-miscegenation laws

Anti-miscegenation laws are laws that enforce racial segregation at the level of marriage and intimate relationships by criminalizing interracial marriage and sometimes, they also criminalize sex between members of different races.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bachelor of Laws

A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.

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Bates College

Bates College is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine.

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Bennettsville, South Carolina

Bennettsville is a city located in the U.S. state of South Carolina on the Great Pee Dee River.

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Boy Scouts of America

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Candace Award

The Candace Award is an award that was given from 1982 to 1992 by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW) to "Black role models of uncommon distinction who have set a standard of excellence for young people of all races".

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Charles E. Merrill Jr.

Charles Edward Merrill Jr. (August 17, 1920 – November 29, 2017) was an American educator, author, and philanthropist, best known for supporting historically black colleges and founding the Commonwealth School in Boston.

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Children's Defense Fund

The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on child advocacy and research.

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Children's Health Insurance Program

The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – formerly known as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children.

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Children's rights

Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.

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The Community of Christ International Peace Award was established to honor and bring attention to the work of peacemaking and peacemakers in the world.

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Delta Sigma Theta

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority.

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Doctor of Law

A Doctor of Law is a doctorate in legal studies.

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Ezra Edelman

Ezra Benjamin Edelman (born August 6, 1974) is an American documentary producer and director.

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Foster care

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family member approved by the state.

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Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer, also known as the Freedom Summer Project or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi.

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Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

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Head Start (program)

Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and families.

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Heinz Awards

The Heinz Awards are individual achievement honors given annually by the Heinz Family Foundation.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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Jefferson Awards for Public Service

The Jefferson Awards Foundation was created in 1972 by the American Institute for Public Service.

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Jonah Edelman

Jonah Martin Edelman (born October 9, 1970) is an American advocate for public education.

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Joseph S. Clark's and Robert F. Kennedy's tour of the Mississippi Delta

United States Senators Joseph S. Clark and Robert F. Kennedy toured the Mississippi Delta on April 10, 1967.

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La Salle University

La Salle University is a private, Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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List of first women lawyers and judges in Mississippi

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Mississippi.

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Loving v. Virginia

Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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MacArthur Fellows Program

The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and 30 individuals working in any field who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States. Marian Wright Edelman and MacArthur Fellows Program are MacArthur Fellows.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Marian Wright Edelman and Martin Luther King Jr. are activists for African-American civil rights, poor People's Campaign and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.

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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (NAACP LDF, the Legal Defense Fund, or LDF) is an American civil rights organization and law firm based in New York City.

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National Coalition of 100 Black Women

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) is a non-profit volunteer organization for African American women.

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National Women's Hall of Fame

The National Women's Hall of Fame (NWHF) is an American institution founded to honor and recognize women.

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National Women's History Alliance

The National Women's History Alliance (NWHA) is an American non-profit organization dedicated to honoring and preserving women's history.

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O.J.: Made in America

O.J.: Made in America is a 2016 American documentary, produced and directed by Ezra Edelman for ESPN Films and their 30 for 30 series.

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Ohio State University

The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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Peter Edelman

Peter Benjamin Edelman (born January 9, 1938) is an American legal scholar.

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Poor People's Campaign

The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, alongside the Congressional Gold Medal. Marian Wright Edelman and Presidential Medal of Freedom are Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.

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Robin Hood Foundation

The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City.

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Silver Buffalo Award

The Silver Buffalo Award is the national-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America.

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Sorbonne University

Sorbonne University (Sorbonne Université) is a public research university located in Paris, France.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Marian Wright Edelman and Southern Christian Leadership Conference are poor People's Campaign.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Spelman College

Spelman College is a private, historically Black, women's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Stand for Children

Stand for Children is an American education advocacy group.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Starsky Wilson

Starsky Wilson (born 1976, Dallas, Texas) is an American activist and minister who is the president of the Children's Defense Fund.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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The Links

The Links is an American, invitation-only, social and service organization of prominent black women in the United States.

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The Mississippi Bar

The Mississippi Bar is the integrated (mandatory) bar association of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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University of Geneva

The University of Geneva (French: Université de Genève) is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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