Brer Rabbit
 
Brer Rabbit
A great deal of thought and discussion went into the choice of Brer Rabbit for our symbol. As we have said, we think the rabbit represents the joyousness in struggle, and the potential for the victory of the less apparently powerful over the dominant, that Joel Chandler Harris repeated from stories told to him. The rabbit makes mistakes, too, and keeps going--a quality we admire. The stories were made better, for us, by Julius Lester. If you click on Lester's name, you can go to the Amazon description of his books, and the awards they have received,including the Coretta Scott King Award. However, some of our  colleagues think the stories are inherently racist. While we disagree, if you would like to enter the discussion, please email Rich Gibson at rgibson@pipeline.com