Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Why is it important to remember that leaders aren’t perfect? Listen to this snippet from our interview with activist Marian Wright Edelman and let us know yours in the comments!

Edelman, former president of the Children’s Defense Fund and key figure in Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign, is also the mother of Emmy-winning director Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made in America).

Watch the full conversation on YouTube: @LifeStoriesInterviews.