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Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future.

Marian Wright Edelman

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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
Activist
Lawyer
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Bennettsville
South Carolina
Women
Cradle
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