http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/05/bound-to-cotton/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/05/bound-to-cotton/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:54:44 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11743 Lee A. Daniels In 1865, the North’s victory in the Civil War freed black Americans from slavery. But it did not free them from cotton.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/05/bound-to-cotton/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/18/a-conversation-with-jabari-asim/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/18/a-conversation-with-jabari-asim/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:17:29 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11553 Eisa Nefertari Ulen It is entirely fitting that Jabari Asim’s debut fiction, A Taste of Honey, is published in this, the year after Change. Everything is different now that the President of the United States is a black man. Everything changes in Asim’s collection of connected short stories, too—not because a leader is on the rise, but because one is shot down.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/18/a-conversation-with-jabari-asim/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/29/%e2%80%98our-need-to-belong%e2%80%99-elizabeth-nunez-and-anna-in-between/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/29/%e2%80%98our-need-to-belong%e2%80%99-elizabeth-nunez-and-anna-in-between/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:43:22 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11010 Eisa Nefertari Ulen Anna In-Between, the seventh book from acclaimed author Elizabeth Nunez, is one of the finest novels published this year. Nunez has made each word choice with the economy of a poet. The result is elegant prose: substantive, meaningful, but never wordy or clunky, just beautifully satisfying and thought-provoking.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/29/%e2%80%98our-need-to-belong%e2%80%99-elizabeth-nunez-and-anna-in-between/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/09/a-year-of-cascading-change-1989/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/09/a-year-of-cascading-change-1989/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:20:59 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=8076 Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. The year 1989 was the pivot point in moving the world from one era to the next. It was a year of cascading changes that introduced the world's nations and peoples to a new arrangement of global forces and relationships- the complex of issues and circumstances we are grappling with today.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/09/a-year-of-cascading-change-1989/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/03/23/is-that-your-child-mothers-talk-about-rearing-biracial-children/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/03/23/is-that-your-child-mothers-talk-about-rearing-biracial-children/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:53:39 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=4926 Marion Kilson and Florence Ladd Our new book, Is That Your Child?: Mothers Talk About Rearing Biracial Children, is based on interviews with black and white mothers of biracial children. The book opens with our interview with each other, charts the challenges and rewards of rearing biracial children, and profiles black and white mothers with distinctive biracial parenting experiences. It concludes with suggestions for positive parenting strategies, which are relevant to all varieties of biracial combinations.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/03/23/is-that-your-child-mothers-talk-about-rearing-biracial-children/feed/ 4 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2008/11/09/your-spirit-walks-beside-us/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2008/11/09/your-spirit-walks-beside-us/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:06:18 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.org/?p=902 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2008/11/09/your-spirit-walks-beside-us/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2008/11/09/what-blood-wont-tell/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2008/11/09/what-blood-wont-tell/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:04:01 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.org/?p=898 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2008/11/09/what-blood-wont-tell/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2008/11/09/to-love-the-wind-and-the-rain/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2008/11/09/to-love-the-wind-and-the-rain/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:58:08 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.org/?p=894 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2008/11/09/to-love-the-wind-and-the-rain/feed/ 0