The literacy level at Mississippi prisons? Fifth grade. Can't read, what are you going to do? If you've got a conviction rap, what are you going to do? It's a real crisis.
Marian Wright EdelmanI'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing.
Marian Wright EdelmanI'm doing what I think I was put on this earth to do. And I'm really grateful to have something that I'm passionate about and that I think is profoundly important.
Marian Wright Edelman