Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
It is utterly exhausting being Black in America - physically, mentally, and emotionally. While many minority groups and women feel similar stress,… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
That's not to say that some of the new media is not advantageous. You can reach lots of folks with what Black… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
If it's wrong for 13-year-old inner-city girls to have babies without the benefit of marriage, it's wrong for rich celebrities, and we… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
It's deeply rooted in the American psyche. Black men have always been viewed as the other, which leads to a different application… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
In 1990, when we started the Black Community Crusade for Children, we were always talking about all children, but we paid particular… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
It is utterly exhausting being Black in America - physically, mentally, and emotionally. While many minority groups and women feel similar stress, there is… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave us a… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children with two-parent families,… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
“Don’t feel entitled to anything you don’t sweat and struggle for” — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
You can't tell parents to teach children the value of work when we don't have jobs and the jobs we have don't pay a… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
It really takes a community to raise children, no matter how much money one has. Nobody can do it well alone. And it's the… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
Democracy cannot breathe, indeed will die, if those enjoined to protect it and uphold the laws snuff it out - with no consequences. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
We're spending, on average, three times more for prison than for public-school pupils. That's the dumbest investment policy. It doesn't make us safer. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share
