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1 week ago | 
dallasexaminer.com | Marian Wright Edelman
(Children’s Defense Fund) – In 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the bill that had been passed by unanimous consent in the Senate and 415-14 in the House to establish Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19, as a federal holiday. Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free.
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1 week ago | 
washingtoninformer.com | Marian Wright Edelman
**FILE** A Juneteenth festival in Milwaukee in 2019 (Milwaukee VA Medical Center via Wikimedia Commons) In 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the bill that had been passed by unanimous consent in the Senate and 415-14 in the House to establish Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19, as a federal holiday.
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2 weeks ago | 
dallasexaminer.com | Marian Wright Edelman
(Children’s Defense Fund) – The day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who was running for president, appeared at a Cleveland event and said instead of talking about politics he had to speak about the “mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and every one of our lives.” He said, “The victims of the violence are Black and White, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown.
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2 weeks ago | 
milwaukeetimesnews.com | Marian Wright Edelman
The day after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was running for President, appeared at a Cleveland event and said instead of talking about politics he had to speak about the “mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and every one of our lives.” He said: “The victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtoninformer.com | Marian Wright Edelman
Photo by Emma Guliani on Pexels.com The day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Sen. Robert F.
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2 weeks ago | 
stlamerican.com | Marian Wright Edelman
I hope many of today’s high school and university graduates will wander off the beaten career path and help redefine success in our culture, asking not “How much can I get?” but “How much can I do without and share?” Asking not “How can I find myself?” but “How can I lose myself in service to others and leave our nation and world better than I found it?” I’m sharing some lessons for life I offered my own children and many of the extraordinary young graduates I’ve had the privilege of meeting...
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3 weeks ago | 
dallasexaminer.com | Marian Wright Edelman
(Children’s Defense Fund) – “The bread that is cast upon these waters will surely return many thousandfold. What a sense of achievement, and what great pride, and how happy that will make all of us who love America feel about this undertaking.”This is how President Lyndon B. Johnson concluded the speech from the White House Rose Garden 60 years ago in May 1965 officially announcing the establishment of Project Head Start.
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4 weeks ago | 
dallasexaminer.com | Marian Wright Edelman
(Children’s Defense Fund) – Once again, this is the joyous time of year when families, friends and teachers are cheering on graduates of all ages who have worked so hard and made them all so proud.
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1 month ago | 
washingtoninformer.com | Marian Wright Edelman
Photo by Godisable Jacob on Pexels.com Once again, this is the joyous time of year when families, friends, and teachers are cheering on graduates of all ages who have worked so hard and made them all so proud.
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1 month ago | 
dallasexaminer.com | Marian Wright Edelman
(Children’s Defense Fund) – Some years ago, the award-winning agency Fallon Worldwide created a series of ads for a pro bono Children’s Defense Fund campaign called “Be Careful What You Cut” that warned sharply against budget choices threatening programs on which children and families rely. Striking images accompanied data making the irrefutable economic case that cutting investments in young people’s needs today costs all of us more in the long run.
