Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Bryan Stevenson Says a Quest for “Historical Authenticity” Inspired the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park. By Kia D. Goosby
Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired.’ By Marlee Bunch / The Conversation
83 Years After His Killing, a Black Soldier Gets an Army Funeral. By Alexa Mills / NYT
Once a Roadside Attraction, a Native Burial Site Nears Repatriation. By Julia Jacobs / NYT
A California City Wrestles With Its History Of Discrimination Against Early Chinese Immigrants. By Terry Tang And Deepa Bharath / RNS
I didn’t know what my dreadlocks meant until I cut them off. By David Moinina Sengeh / Wash Post
What happened to Utah women’s basketball team was horrible and also typically American. By Mike Freeman / USA Today
Ron Washington is at the center of Black baseball. By Andscape
Kyrie Irving found his tribe at Anta Sports and got the shoe deal he always wanted. By Maurice Garland / Andscape
History of The Crisis: “A Record of the Darker Races.” By the NAACP
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Hope is not the same as optimism, a psychologist explains − just look at MLK’s example. By Kendra Thomas / The Conversation
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Black Athletes Could Upset March Madness And End Attacks On DEI. By Shaun Harper / Forbes
Biden steps up efforts to reach voters of color. By Julia Mueller / The Hill
Who brought the crime, the drugs and the rape? It was him. By Kirk Swearingen / Salon
Alvin Bragg’s Case Against Trump: Four Things to Know. By Kim Wehle / The Bulwark
Republicans Who Do Not Regularly Watch Fox Are Less Likely to Back Trump. By Ruth Igielnik / NYT
The Supreme Court Is Playing a Dangerous Game. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
If Trump and His Heroes Ruled the World. By Jordan Michael Smith / TNR
Haiti’s crisis is at a tipping point. The world needs to help. By David Vanderpool / RNS
UN Chief Calls Starvation In Gaza ‘Moral Outrage’, Calls For ‘Flood’ Of Aid. By Samy Magdy, Amr Nabil and Sam Metz / AP and HuffPost
Post falsely claims South Africa arrested US ambassador. By Joedy McCreary / USA Today
Watch: UN Ambassador concerned about conflicts in Africa. By April Ryan / The Grio
Mar-A-Lago prayer event labels Trump voters’ ‘only Catholic option’. By Brian Fraga / NCR
The Great Rupture in American Jewish Life. By Peter Beinart / NYT
Biden’s Muslim American judicial nominee threatened by smear campaign. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
When it Raines, it pours: Civil War scholarship and Alabama Unionists. By Jim Vickrey / Montgomery Advertiser
A Florida Community Faces Erasure. Residents Are Honoring Its History. By Aallyah Wright / Capital B
When Segregation Prevailed in the US, Boys Town May Have Been Nation’s First Integrated Community. By Henry Cordes / Omaha World-Herald
Daring to Be Bold: Examining Shirley Chisholm’s Everlasting Impact. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Beyoncé says an experience where she ‘did not feel welcomed’ spurred her to make ‘Cowboy Carter’ country album. By Alli Rosenbloom / CNN
