The poor have been sent to the front lines of a federal-budget deficit-reduction war that few other groups were drafted to fight.

Marian Wright Edelman

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Marian Wright Edelman (née Wright; born June 6, 1939) is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights. She is the founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr, and Hillary Clinton.

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