Photo: #Children's Defense Fund founder and president Marian Wright Edelman spoke about education at the 23rd annual MLK Holiday Breakfast Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
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Children's Defense Fund founder and president Marian Wright Edelman spoke about education at the 23rd annual MLK Holiday Breakfast Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson)

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Marian Wright Edelman speaks at annual MLK breakfast in Minneapolis


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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Part 1: Marian Wright Edelman, the founder of the Children's Defense Fund spoke Monday, January 21 at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast held at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Part 2: Excerpt from the American RadioWorks documentary, "King's Last March."

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  • Marian Wright Edelman: Founder and president, the Children's Defense Fund. Awarded more than a hundred honorary degrees and awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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