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House Bill 9091




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9091

        By Representative Dawson-White






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring Marian Wright Edelman for

  3         her career as an advocate for disadvantaged

  4         Americans.

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  6         WHEREAS, Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president

  7  of the Children's Defense Fund, has been an advocate for

  8  disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional career,

  9  and

10         WHEREAS, Marian Wright Edelman has led the

11  Washington-based Children's Defense Fund to become a strong

12  voice for children and families nationwide, and

13         WHEREAS, the mission of the Children's Defense Fund is

14  to educate the nation about the needs of children and

15  encourage preventive investment in children prior to their

16  getting sick, dropping out of school, or getting into serious

17  trouble, and

18         WHEREAS, as a graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law

19  School, Marian Wright Edelman began her career in the

20  mid-1960's as the first black woman admitted to the

21  Mississippi Bar, where she directed the NAACP Legal Defense

22  and Education Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi, and

23         WHEREAS, Marian Wright Edelman furthered her quest by

24  going on to Washington, D.C., as counsel for the Poor People's

25  March that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., began organizing

26  before his death, and

27         WHEREAS, Marian Wright Edelman has received many

28  honorary degrees and awards, including the Albert Schweitzer

29  Humanitarian Prize and the Heinz Award, and was a MacArthur

30  Foundation Prize Fellow, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9091

    507-156-97






  1         WHEREAS, through all of her efforts, Marian Wright

  2  Edelman has brought hope and light to many who have walked in

  3  the dark, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  5  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  6  Florida:

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  8         That the House of Representatives of the State of

  9  Florida hereby honors Marian Wright Edelman as a humanitarian

10  and tireless advocate for the rights of the underprivileged in

11  Florida and across America by dedicating her life to the

12  disadvantaged American.

13         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

14  be presented to Marian Wright Edelman as a tangible token of

15  the sentiments expressed herein.

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