the second woman i want to tell you about is marian wright edelman. marian wright edelman, first african american to pass the mississippi bar. she was an ally of dr. king and robert kennedy and the founder of the children's defense fund, an altogether remarkable erson. one day during my first semester and law school, i saw a flyer -- we used to have those -- on the campus bulletin board, and she was coming to give a lecture. i made sure to be there. what i heard was captivating. she talked about creating a head start program in mississippi and using her legal education to make life better for poor children and families. something just clicked in my brain. i began to see how i could translate the commitment to helping others i learned from my mother and my church into real social change. i went up to her, and i said, could i work for you this summer? she said, sure, but i can't pay you. i said, well, i am paying my way through law school, so i have to et paid. she said, well, if you can figure how to get paid, you can have a job. so i figured out how to

the children's defense fund, how when she first started working for african-americans under marian wright edelman said this is not about golf courses or promoting your hotels or promoting your golf courses, it's not about birth certificates. we're here to fight for the forgotten. we need ideas, not insults. we need she said -- she said we don't need prejudice and we don't need paranoia. she said she wasn't taking anyone's vote for granted. but she did get her barbs in when it comes to donald trump. and this was -- although it was an acceptance speech and she was thanking people, she got it in. >> i think at this point in the campaign she's not going to let any opportunity go by where she doesn't take some shots. a lot of this campaign trump and the republicans have been defining who she is. and i think she wants to start to change the narrative and tell people who she is and what she's about. she might not be able to change her appearance in front of the cameras. we talked about that earlier. i don't think you can. the television cameras can be cruel. but on the other hand -- >> meaning not how s

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