http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:40:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/23/the-impact-of-social-security-reform-on-people-of-color/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/23/the-impact-of-social-security-reform-on-people-of-color/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:51:02 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19869 By The Editors
Barring significant reforms of the nation’s Social Security program to avert a shortfall in funds in the coming decades, a substantial number of black Americans’ golden years may be filled with dross.

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]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/jet-magazine-founded-by-john-h-johnson-publisher-of-ebony-magazine/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/first-issue-of-the-crisis-published-by-editor-w-e-b-du-bois/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/first-issue-of-the-crisis-published-by-editor-w-e-b-du-bois/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:03:55 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19453 First issue of the Crisis published by editor W.E.B. Du Bois.

]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/first-issue-of-the-crisis-published-by-editor-w-e-b-du-bois/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/barack-obama-is-elected-to-the-u-s-senate-from-illinois/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/barack-obama-is-elected-to-the-u-s-senate-from-illinois/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:03:55 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19475 Barack Obama is elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois. He becomes the second African American elected to the Senate from that state, and only the fifth black U.S. senator in history

]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/barack-obama-is-elected-to-the-u-s-senate-from-illinois/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/president-ronald-reagan-signs-law-designating-the-third-monday-in-january-martin-luther-king-jr-day-1983/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/president-ronald-reagan-signs-law-designating-the-third-monday-in-january-martin-luther-king-jr-day-1983/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:03:55 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19478 President Ronald Reagan signs law designating the third Monday in January Martin Luther King Jr Day, 1983

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]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/spingarn-medal-presented-to-paul-robeson/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/carol-moseley-braun-is-the-1st-african-american-woman-to-be-elected-to-the-us-senate/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/carol-moseley-braun-is-the-1st-african-american-woman-to-be-elected-to-the-us-senate/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:03:55 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19491 Carol Moseley Braun is the 1st African American woman to be elected to the US Senate

]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/carol-moseley-braun-is-the-1st-african-american-woman-to-be-elected-to-the-us-senate/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/hulan-jack-was-elected-first-black-borough-president-of-manhattan-nyc-1953/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/hulan-jack-was-elected-first-black-borough-president-of-manhattan-nyc-1953/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:03:55 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19494 Hulan Jack was elected first Black Borough President of Manhattan, NYC, 1953

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]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/shirley-chisholm-becomes-first-black-woman-to-be-elected-to-congress/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/u-s-supreme-court-decision-buchanan-v-warley-struck-down-louisville-ky-ordinance/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/u-s-supreme-court-decision-buchanan-v-warley-struck-down-louisville-ky-ordinance/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:03:55 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19504 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v. Warley) struck down Louisville, Ky., ordinance which required Blacks and whites to live in separate residential areas.

]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/u-s-supreme-court-decision-buchanan-v-warley-struck-down-louisville-ky-ordinance/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/ord-dunmore-british-governor-of-virginia-declares-all-slaves-free/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/ord-dunmore-british-governor-of-virginia-declares-all-slaves-free/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:03:55 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19518 Lord Dunmore, British governor of Virginia, declares all slaves free who come to the defense of the British Crown against the patriot forces. Dunmore eventually organizes the first regiment of black soldiers, called Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment, to fight under the British Flag.

]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/ord-dunmore-british-governor-of-virginia-declares-all-slaves-free/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/comedian-bill-cosby-announces-his-gift-of-20-million-to-spelman-college/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/11/07/comedian-bill-cosby-announces-his-gift-of-20-million-to-spelman-college/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:03:54 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=19448 Comedian Bill Cosby announces his gift of $20 million to Spelman College. This is the largest donation ever made by a black American to a college or university.

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New Mexico’s new Republican Governor Susana Martinez has drawn significant national attention not only because she’s the first Latinato hold that high office in the U.S., but also because she’s pushed a hard-line against undocumented immigrants—most of whom, of course, are from Latin America.

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The track and field world championships are over. The athletes, medals in hand or not, have packed up and left the heretofore little-known South Korean city of Daegu and scattered to their homes all over the globe.
Most of the world has moved on.
But in Grenada, one of the world’s smallest island nations and in one of its smallest communities, the fishing village of Gouyave, on its west coast, there’re still celebrating the less-than-45 seconds it took to put them on the map of the track and field universe.

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(New York) -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the California State Legislature for passing legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering in California, and Assembly Member Mike Davis, who sponsored the bill. ]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/09/02/legal-defense-fund-applauds-legislation-ending-prison-based-gerrymandering-in-california/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/09/02/the-schools%e2%80%99-crucial-ingredient-parental-involvement/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/09/02/the-schools%e2%80%99-crucial-ingredient-parental-involvement/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:18:32 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=18431 By Kenneth J. Cooper
A decade after the No Child Left Behind Act became law, the achievement gap still yawns as schools across the country reopen for a new year.

]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/09/02/the-schools%e2%80%99-crucial-ingredient-parental-involvement/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/08/09/naacp-legal-defense-fund-files-voting-rights-act-challenge-to-fayette-county-georgia%e2%80%99s-at-large-election-method/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/08/09/naacp-legal-defense-fund-files-voting-rights-act-challenge-to-fayette-county-georgia%e2%80%99s-at-large-election-method/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:45:43 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=18238 Just days after the 46th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Georgia attorney Wayne Kendall filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Fayette County, Georgia’s at-large method of electing members to the County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education violates the Act.  The case was filed on behalf of the Georgia State Conference NAACP, Fayette County NAACP, and Black voters of Fayette County.

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This letter marks the first time that such as broad assemblage of organizations has spoken in one voice on the need for a strong federal role in educational accountability, particularly for students of color.  The stand these groups have taken will set the tone for when Congress resumes the ESEA reauthorization debate after the August congressional recess.

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