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Amidst protestations of 'Who can be against the children?' too few people are FOR children when it really matters.

Marian Wright Edelman

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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
Activist
Lawyer
Writer
Bennettsville
South Carolina
Protestations
Amidst
Matters
Matter
Children
Really
People

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