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Poverty Law In The 1980s, Marian Wright Edelman
Poverty Law In The 1980s, Marian Wright Edelman
Antioch Law Journal
It is self-interest and not justice that propels most people to act. If we intend to help the poor we will need to build coalitions with a range of others in society. When I came out of Mississippi, I thought that people were good if they were for everything I was for, and they were bad if they were not. I learned through the course of trying to protect Head Start that one could bring a whole range of groups together who had a self-interest in child care who would not speak to each other on welfare reform. Our work …