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1、埃德爾曼——“美國(guó)之母” Thedaughterofapoor,blackBaptistpreacher,MarianWrightEdelmangrewupintheraciallysegregatedSouth.ButsheworkedherwaythroughcollegeandlawschoolandwenttoWashington,,ascounseltoMartinLutherKing,Jr.’s,PoorPeople’scampaign.Itwasthere,in1973,thatshefoundedthea
2、dvocacygroupcalledtheChildren’sDefenseFund. 瑪麗安·賴特·埃德爾曼是一位貧窮的黑人浸信會(huì)傳教士的女兒,她在實(shí)施種族隔離政策的美國(guó)南方長(zhǎng)大。她靠打工念完了大學(xué)和法學(xué)院,之后來到首都華盛頓,成為馬丁。路德。金領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的“窮人進(jìn)軍運(yùn)動(dòng)”的法律顧問?,旣惏?。賴特。埃德爾曼1973年在華盛頓創(chuàng)建了“兒童保護(hù)基金”這個(gè)倡議互助組織?! ounrelentingisMarianWrightEdelman’scampaignonbehalfofpoor,sick,neglected,andabu
3、sedchildrenthatshehasbeencalledAmerica’smother.Notsatisfiedtospeakonchildren’sbehalfbeforechurchandcommunitygroups,EdelmanhaswalkedthehallsofCongressandstatelegislatures,lobbyingforfundstoprovidebettermedicalcare,earlyschooling,andprotectionfromgunviolenceforpoorc
4、hildren. 由埃德爾曼組織開創(chuàng)、代表貧窮、患病、被人忽視以及受虐待兒童的這場(chǎng)運(yùn)動(dòng)開展得如此堅(jiān)定、不屈不撓,以致于她被稱為“美國(guó)之母”。埃德爾曼并不滿足于僅僅在教會(huì)和社區(qū)團(tuán)體為孩子們大聲疾呼,她來到國(guó)會(huì)的大廳,在立法機(jī)構(gòu)游說,為貧窮的孩子們能夠獲得更好的醫(yī)療條件、更早地接受教育、免受槍支暴力的襲擊爭(zhēng)取資金支持?! ow66,EdelmancarriestwosearingimagesofherruralSouthCarolinahometown.Onewasofanambulancedriverwhorushedt
5、othesceneofaterriblehighwayaccident,butdroveoffwhenhediscoveredthattheinjuredwereblackmigrantworkers. 埃德爾曼今年已經(jīng)66歲,她一直帶著兩幅令人看后心情難以平靜的圖片。這有關(guān)她南卡羅來納州鄉(xiāng)村家園的圖畫。一張描繪的是一名趕往發(fā)生嚴(yán)重公路交通事故現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的救護(hù)車司機(jī),但是當(dāng)這名司機(jī)發(fā)現(xiàn)受傷的人是黑人季節(jié)農(nóng)工的時(shí)候,他竟然揚(yáng)長(zhǎng)而去?! heotherimageisofapainting,hanginginthevestibul
6、eofherfather’schurch.Itdepicted,sherecalls,“averyprominentwhitefamily,sittingatatable,withlotsoffoodweighingdownthetable,butwithhordesofskinny,emaciatedpeoplearoundthattable.Andtherichwhitepeoplesay,‘Shallwesaygrace?’” 另外一幅是懸掛在他父親所在教會(huì)前廳的一張繪畫,描繪的是,一個(gè)非常顯赫的白人家庭坐在餐桌旁
7、,餐桌上擺滿了美味佳肴,但是有很多瘦骨嶙峋的人圍著那張餐桌。富有的白人說,“我們應(yīng)當(dāng)做感恩禱告嗎?” MarianWrightEdelman’sownhomewasfilledwithloveandlotsofchildren,includingfoursiblingsand——offandon——12fostersistersandbrothers. 埃德爾曼自己的家里洋溢著真愛。她家有很多孩子,包括4名同胞弟妹,還斷斷續(xù)續(xù)收養(yǎng)了12名弟妹?! 癕ydaddyhadholesinhisshoes,”shesays.
8、“ButhewasabletoconveytomethatI,ayoungblackgirl,couldbeanddoanything,thatraceandgenderareshadows,andthatcharacter,self-discipline,determination,attitudea