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Children don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them.

Marian Wright Edelman

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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
Activist
Lawyer
Writer
Bennettsville
South Carolina
Adults
Vote
Stand
Must
Children

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