Marian Wright Edelman

2 days ago | carolinapanorama.com | Marian Wright Edelman

COMMENTARYThis month marked a Civil Rights Movement anniversary: the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in April 1960. People often forget that children and young people were major front-line soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement. Six-year-old Ruby Bridges in New Orleans, the Little Rock Nine at Central High School in Arkansas, and other Black students desegregated schools across the South – often standing up to howling mobs.

4 days ago | stlamerican.com | Marian Wright Edelman

The 65th Anniversary of the birth of a historic civil rights movement organization was celebrated in April – the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). People often forget that children and young people were major front-line soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement. Six-year-old Ruby Bridges in New Orleans, the Little Rock Nine at Central High School in Arkansas, and other Black students desegregated schools across the South – often standing up to howling mobs.

1 week ago | washingtoninformer.com | Marian Wright Edelman

Photo by fauxels on Pexels.com “Teaching children may be the highest way to seek God. It is, however, also the most daunting way, in the sense of the greatest responsibility.” — Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Nobel Prize laureate in literature, school leader and teacherEvery year, the first full week of May is a chance to show special gratitude and thanks to America’s teachers.

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | Marian Wright Edelman

(Children’s Defense Fund) – This month marked a Civil Rights Movement anniversary: the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in April 1960. People often forget that children and young people were major frontline soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement. Six-year-old Ruby Bridges in New Orleans, the Little Rock Nine at Central High School in Arkansas, and other Black students desegregated schools across the South, often standing up to howling mobs.

2 weeks ago | washingtoninformer.com | Marian Wright Edelman

Ella Josephine Baker This month marked a Civil Rights Movement anniversary: the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in April 1960. People often forget that children and young people were major front-line soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement.