LANTERNS: A Memoir of Mentors - Softcover

"All who love children are served generously and intelligently by the ideas, commitments, and passion of Marian Wright Edelman. Her arms are open to the children and adults of the world, and we all are stronger and more safe because of her."--Maya Angelou"This memoir, lucidly and poignantly told, offers a compelling moral history of our country -- an account of how brave and honorable individuals helped us make changes both necessary and important to accomplish."--Robert Coles"A radiant and transcendent book, filled with moral lessons from the youth of a courageous woman to the hearts of those who follow in her footsteps: a gift of love from one heroic generation to the next."--Jonathan Kozol

The African American lawyer and president of the Children's Defense Fund describes the positive influences of family, church members, teachers, colleagues, and other social reformers in her life. Reprint.