Lanterns

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"Marian Wright Edelman, "the most influential children's advocate in the country" (The Washington Post), shares stories from her life at the center of this century's most dramatic civil rights struggles. She pays tribute to the extraordinary personal mentors who helped light her way: Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Fannie Lou Hamer, William Sloane Coffin, Ella Baker, Mae Bertha Carter, and many others."--BOOK JACKET. "Lanterns takes us to Mississippi in the 1960s, where Edelman was the first and only Black woman lawyer. And we follow Edelman as she leads Bobby Kennedy on his fateful trip to see Mississippi poverty and hunger for himself, a powerful personal experience for the young RFK that helped awaken a nation's conscience to child hunger and poverty."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: African American women social reformers,  Biography,  Children,  Conduct of life,  Friends and associates,  Mentoring,  Philosophy,  1000blackgirlbooks,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  20th Century,  African American women,  Reformers,  Friendship,  Civil Rights,  HISTORY,  Mentoring in education,  Women, united states, biography,  Children's rights,  Children, conduct of life,  Educators, united states,  New York Times reviewed,  Children, united states,  African americans, biography

People: Marian Wright Edelman

Places: United States