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March 14, 2018 10:40 ET | Source: La Salle University

La Salle University Awards Marian Wright Edelman Honorary Doctorate at 2018 Commencement

Philadelphia, March 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, civil rights activist, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, will...
May 07, 2015 09:30 ET | Source: University of the Virgin Islands

Edelman of the CDF to Speak at UVI Commencement

ST.THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 7, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lawyer, writer, activist and children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman will be the keynote speaker at the University of the Virgin...
September 11, 2013 12:10 ET | Source: Children's Defense Fund (CDF)

Marian Wright Edelman Joins Soledad O'Brien and Kitty Kelley to Highlight Never Before Published Images of the March on Washington

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is partnering with the National Archives to host a discussion about the first time publication of legendary...