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Decider
April 12, 2018
John Lewis and Marian Wright Edelman, leaders whose commitment to equality move the nation forward on a path towards social justice today,” Porter says of Kennedy, who launched his Presidential bid on March 16, 1968. “With all the political upheaval America is living through, we all felt that there wasÃâà...
IndieWire
April 12, 2018
“Bobby Kennedy For President” includes new-to-the-public archival footage, plus Porter's interviews with Kennedy confidants like current Congressional representatives John Lewis and Neil Gallagher, labor-organizing legend Dolores Huerta, and civil rights lawyer Marian Wright Edelman, who first broughtÃâà...
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April 12, 2018
John Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Paul Schrade, Marian Wright Edelman and Peter Edelman. “It was a thrill to explore Bobby Kennedy's life through the beautiful archive film we uncovered,” Porter told Deadline. “Bobby Kennedy remains one of the most important and influential figures in American politicalÃâà...
Deadline
April 11, 2018
John Lewis and Marian Wright Edelman, leaders whose commitment to equality move the nation forward on a path towards social justice today,” Porter says of Kennedy, who launched his Presidential bid on March 16, 1968. “With all the political upheaval America is living through, we all felt that there wasÃâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
April 11, 2018
Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children's Defense Fund. For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org. Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children's Defense Fund whose Leave No Child BehindÃâî mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a SafeÃâà...
ColaDaily.com
April 10, 2018
The Marian Wright Edelman Library was a great accomplishment. He wanted to name the library after Mrs. Edelman to acknowledge her accomplishments in life. As a child she was unable to attend the public library as an African American, and he felt her hometown should recognize her efforts in foundingÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 4, 2018
The idea for the Poor People's Campaign had been sparked by Senator Robert Kennedy, in a simple message passed by Marian Wright (later Marian Wright Edelman) to King months earlier. At the close of a conversation between Kennedy and Wright, the senator had said, “Tell Dr. King to bring the peopleÃâà...
EconoTimes
March 22, 2018
Confirmed guests include seasoned civil rights icons U.S. Congressman John Lewis, Marian Wright Edelman, James Lawson, Jesse Jackson, Bernard Lafayette, Diane Nash, Clarence Jones, Mike Cody, Elaine Turner, Bill Lucy, and Coby Smith along with new movement makers Gina Belafonte, TamikaÃâà...
The Washington Informer
March 22, 2018
... protecting victims of domestic violence by extending gun restrictions on perpetrators; and ending the ban on federally-supported research on gun violence. Call for action now to Protect Children, Not Guns and vote for those who support safety for all our children now. Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children'sÃâà...
The Boston Globe
March 21, 2018
It will include interviews with many who knew Kennedy, including Harry Belafonte, Representatives John Lewis and Neil Gallagher, Marian Wright Edelman, and Peter Edelman. The director, Dawn Porter (“Gideon's Army”), initially planned to do a documentary about Kennedy's murderer, Sirhan Sirhan,Ãâà...
Daytona Times
March 20, 2018
Resiliency was unmistakable in the delivery of the Feb. 18 youth show, standing for 15 years of active, educational learning, involving youth through cooperative parents, community, and organizational support for a huge turnout by the audience. The 15th Annual Youth Black History Reality ShowÃâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
March 20, 2018
Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children's Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind̨̉ mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
Yale News
March 13, 2018
John Kerry '66 and Marian Wright Edelman '63 L.L.B. have dedicated their lives to service – to country, cause, and helping under-resourced children around the world. On May 12, these two luminaries will lend their efforts to the university's signature alumni community outreach endeavor, serving as theÃâà...
The Commercial Appeal
February 23, 2018
The "Day of Remembrance" concludes with "An Evening of Storytelling" featuring such storied civil rights warriors, scholars and young innovators as — to name only a few — Children's Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman; Georgia Congressman and Selma voting rights campaigner John Lewis;Ãâà...
Variety
December 31, 1999
Neil Gallagher, Dolores Huerta, Ambassador William Vanden Heuvel, Paul Schrade, Franklin A. Thomas, William Arnone, Marian Wright Edelman, and Peter Edelman. Munir Sirhan, brother of RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan, is also interviewed. “Dawn didn't want historians guiding us through Bobby's politicalÃâà...
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