"Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.“


-Marian Wright Edelman

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Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.

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