The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog » mother’s day 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 Heart of My Heart: Mothers’ Eye-Views of Love http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/heart-of-my-heart-mothers%e2%80%99-eye-views-of-love/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/heart-of-my-heart-mothers%e2%80%99-eye-views-of-love/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 21:30:56 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=7024 The Editors Tributes to Mom are a Mother's Day tradition. But we wanted to look at the other side of the coin. We sent out a call for mothers to write about the challenges, joys, heartbeats and lessons of life's greatest journey.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/heart-of-my-heart-mothers%e2%80%99-eye-views-of-love/feed/ 1 Mother’s Day Stories: A Lifetime of Appreciation in a Few Words http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/mother%e2%80%99s-day-stories-a-lifetime-of-appreciation-in-a-few-words/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/mother%e2%80%99s-day-stories-a-lifetime-of-appreciation-in-a-few-words/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 20:59:33 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=6929 The Editors The role mothers have in families and the meanings mothers have to individual human beings is almost beyond description. We feel no need to attempt a large self-consciously profound statement on motherhood. Instead, we simply present to you the words of several well-known writers who love their mamas. They include: Martha Southgate, Jill Nelson, Tananarive Due, Bernice McFadden, Errol Louis, William Jelani Cobb, Troy Johnson, and the Reverend Al Sharpton.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/mother%e2%80%99s-day-stories-a-lifetime-of-appreciation-in-a-few-words/feed/ 5 Is That Your Mama? Reflections of a Biracial Daughter http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/is-that-your-mama-reflections-of-a-biracial-daughter/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/is-that-your-mama-reflections-of-a-biracial-daughter/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 19:16:47 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=6988 TaRessa Stovall "What do you think about black men with white women?" By high school, I thought I'd pretty much grappled with most of the thornier questions that came with being both biracial and ethnically ambiguous-looking. But when my two high school running buddies asked how I felt about interracial couples, I found myself facing a whole 'nother dilemma.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/is-that-your-mama-reflections-of-a-biracial-daughter/feed/ 1 The Gift http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/the-gift/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/the-gift/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 18:48:14 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=6945 By Lee A. Daniels

I was in Houston attending a conference in late July of 1999, when my sister Lois called to tell me our mother was dying. I wasn't surprised. I knew that was what my mother had planned. Six years earlier I had, literally, seen it in her face.

]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/the-gift/feed/ 0 Homage to an Unknown Mother http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/homage-to-an-unknown-mother/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/homage-to-an-unknown-mother/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 17:38:33 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=6930 Stacey Patton The photo shown above, in some ways, belies the reality of my relationship with my mother. The truth is, she and I have never been captured in the same frame and images of us from that era are rare. For years, I've carried a tattered photograph of her in my wallet, pulling it out from time to finger its edges, gaze into her eyes, and plant a gentle kiss on her forehead before sliding it back into its place among credit cards, receipts and business cards.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/homage-to-an-unknown-mother/feed/ 2