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8. The Wright Family

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Photograph
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman (front row left) with family at about age six or seven. Photo courtesy of the Johnson Publishing Company.

9. Marian Wright Edelman (detail)

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Photograph
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman (detail) at about age six or seven. Photo courtesy of the Johnson Publishing Company.

10. Marian Wright Edelman with family at her graduation

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Photograph
Date:
1960
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman with family and friends at her graduation from Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960. Her mother, Maggie Leola Bowen Wright, is on the far right.

13. Marian Wright Edelman at her Yale University Law School graduation

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Photograph
Date:
1985
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman (third from left) at her Yale University Law School graduation (?), New Haven, Connecticut. NOTE: Marian graduated from Yale in 1960. This photo is possibly from an honorary degree ceremony she received from Yale in 1985.

14. Marian Wright Edelman at her Yale University Law School graduation

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Photograph
Date:
1985
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman (center) at her Yale University Law School graduation (?), New Haven, Connecticut. NOTE: Marian graduated from Yale in 1960. This photo is possibly from an honorary degree ceremony she received from Yale in 1985.

15. Marian Wright Edelman at a rally

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Photograph
Date:
1990s
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman speaking at a Children's Defense Fund rally, Washington, D.C. ca. 1990s. Photo by Christophe Lewis.

16. Portrait of Marian Wright Edelman

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Photograph
Date:
1999
Description:
Portrait of Marian Wright Edelman, 1999. Photograph used for the cover of her book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors'.

17. Marian Wright Edelman's father

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Photograph
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman's father, Reverend Arthur Jerome Wright, Sr. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

18. Marian Wright Edelman's mother

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Photograph
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman's mother, Maggie Leola Bowen Wright. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

19. Marian Wright Edelman as a bridesmaid

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Photograph
Date:
1950
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman as a bridesmaid at her sister Olive Wright's wedding, June, 1950. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

20. Marian Wright Edelman's parents

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Photograph
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman's parents, Rev. Arthur Jerome Wright, Sr. (left) and Maggie Leola Bowen Wright (right) with Rev. Riddick at the First Home for the Elderly, Bennettsville, South Carolina. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

22. Marian Wright Edelman (right) and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays

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Photograph
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman (right) and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, recipients of honorary degrees from SUNY-Old Westbury, New York. Photo by George H. Meyer. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

23. Marian Wright Edelman at a Community Meeting

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Photograph
Date:
late 1960s
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman at a meeting in Mississippi for the NAACP Legal Defense Education Fund, ca. late 1960s. Photo by Moneta Sleet for 'Ebony' magazine. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

24. Marian Wright Edelman visiting families in Canton, Mississippi

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Photograph
Date:
late 1960s
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman visiting families in Canton, Mississippi, ca. late 1960s. Photo by Moneta Sleet for 'Ebony' magazine. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

25. Marian Wright Edelman and Senator Robert F. Kennedy

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Photograph
Date:
April 11, 1967
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman (right) and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (far right) visiting hungry families along the Mississippi Delta, April 11, 1967. Photo courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

26. Marian Wright Edelman weds Peter Edelman

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Photograph
Date:
July 14, 1968
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman weds Peter Edelman in Virginia, July 14, 1968; (L. to R.): Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, Marian Wright Edelman, Rev. William Sloan Coffin, Jr., and Peter Edelman. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

27. Marian Wright Edelman with Robert G. Clark

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Photograph
Date:
January 1968
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman (right) with Robert G. Clark at Mississippi Capitol Building, Jackson, Mississippi, January 1968. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

28. Marian Wright Edelman with her family

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Photograph
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman with her family and Miss Amy at her Washington, D.C. home; (L. to R.): Peter Edelman, Jonah Edelman, Joshua Edelman, Miss Amy, Ezra Edelman, and Marian Wright Edelman. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

29. Marian Wright Edelman Marches at Lincoln Mermorial (#1)

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Photograph
Date:
June 1, 1996
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman at the first Stand For Children Day march, Washington, D.C., June 1, 1996. Photo by Rick Reinhard. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

30. A Close-up of Marian Wright Edelman Marching at Lincoln Memorial (#2)

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Photograph
Date:
June 1, 1996
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman (center) with sons, Jonah and Ezra Edelman (in white t-shirts with arms raised) at the first Stand For Children Day march, Washington, D.C., June 1, 1996 (detail). Photo by Rick Reinhard. Photograph used in Edelman's book 'Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,' 1999.

35. Marian Wright Edelman with Harrison E. Salisbury

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Photograph
Date:
1965
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman with Harrison E. Salisbury from the 'New York Times' after receiving the 'Mademoiselle' Magazine Annual Merit Award, New York, New York, 1965.

37. 'Resurrection City'

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Photograph
Date:
1968
Description:
'Resurrection City,' as part of the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C., 1968.

38. Marian Wright Edelman and others at a White House Rose Garden signing ceremony

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Photograph
Date:
1993
Description:
Marian Wright Edelman and others at a White House Rose Garden signing ceremony with President Bill Clinton, Washington, D.C., 1993; (L. to R.): First Lady Hillary Rodham-Clinton, Richard Gephardt, Tipper Gore, George Yandle, Marian Wright Edelman, Robert Reich, and Donna Shalala.