Marian Wright Edelman
Author · 8 books
Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for children's rights. She has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. She is founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Hillary Clinton.
Series
Books

Guide My Feet
1995

Lanterns
A Memoir of Mentors
1999

No Place for Children
Voices from Juvenile Detention
2005

Dream Me Home Safely
Writers on Growing Up in America
2003

Families in Peril
An Agenda for Social Change (W E B Du Bois Lectures, 1986)
1987

The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small
Charting a Course for the Next Generation
2008

I Can Make a Difference
A Treasury to Inspire Our Children
2005

The Measure of Our Success
A Letter to My Children and Yours
1992