Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Inside Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’, a Global Investigation With a Personal Touch. By Rebecca Ford / Vanity Fair
The racist incident that shook baseball nine years before integration. By Frederic J. Frommer / Wash Post
N.F.L. Reporter Files Racial Discrimination Claim Against the League After Dismissal. By Ken Belson and Katherine Rosman / NYT
Alabama condemns racist, homophobic taunts at Texas football players. By Caleb / Austin American Statesman
Meet the woman behind Deion Sanders’ ‘Coach Prime’ business empire. By Bruce Feldman / The Atheletic
WNBA enters new chapter of front-office hiring. By Sean Hurd / Andscape
Novak Djokovic’s stunning tribute to Kobe Bryant after equalling Margaret Court. By Sam Goodwin / Yahoo Sports
HBCU classics are for the culture, not the competition. By AP
PragerU’s Confederate classroom propaganda: Co-opting history to prop up modern insurrectionists. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls. By The AP and NBC News
Dignified Silence Doesn’t Work Against Trump. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Jacksonville begins funerals for Black victims of racist attack at Dollar General. By The AP and NBC News
Police fatally shot a pregnant Black woman in Ohio. The calls for accountability are growing. By Li Zhou / Vox
Affirmative action wars hit the workplace: Conservatives target ‘woke’ DEI programs. By Jessica Guynn / USA Today
How the ‘model minority’ myth led one Indian American family to unravel. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
California school district offers unique Korean American studies class. By Brahmjot Kaur / NBC News
The Sierra Club hired its first Black leader. Turmoil over racial equity followed. By Maxine Joselow / Wash Post
Dr. Corey D. B. Walker Appointed Dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University. By Arrman Kyaw / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed
The search for a church that isn’t a church. By Rachel Martin / NPR
We need a truce in our wars over religion. Here’s a glimmer of hope. By E.J. Dionne Jr. / Wash Post
DeSantis banned some Black history classes. These churches fought back. By Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today
Georgia descendants of enslaved people face losing decades-old land protections. By The AP and NBC News
The Tulsa race massacre’s ‘public nuisance’ is an ongoing injustice. By Jasmine M. Green / Wash Post
A Montana Man Has The Oldest DNA Native To America, And It Changes What We Know About Our Ancestors. By ken Macdonald / Maternity Verse
Alabama Cherishes Its History of Defying the Federal Courts. By David Firestone / NYT
Black Music Sunday: Let’s vibe with Roy Ayers on his 83rd birthday. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
When Dinah Washington married her seventh husband, she finally found happiness. Sadly, her bliss ended in utter tragedy. By Factinate
The Supremes and other 1960s girl groups have some stories to tell. By Sibbie O’Sullivan / Wash Post
Coco Gauff Made $3 Million With Her U.S. Open Win. The Real Riches Will Soon Follow. By Brett Knight / Forbes
Deion Sanders, Shedeur Sanders lead Colorado to ‘personal’ Nebraska win. By Brent Schrotenboer / USA Today
