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Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Marian Wright Edelman

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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
Activist
Lawyer
Writer
Bennettsville
South Carolina
Precondition
Survival
Education
America
Today

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