By Stacey Patton
In this premier issue of The Defenders Online, it is fitting for us to pay tribute to Oliver White Hill, Sr., a man who spent nearly a century fighting for equality and justice for all.  He died last August in his Richmond home at age 100.

The post-Hurricane Katrina era continues to expose the racial and social fault lines in this country. While most Gulf Coast residents have moved on from the immediate needs of survival to the long-term issues of recovery, too many continue to be left behind.
Although we have seen some notable glimmers of hope, three years after one [...]