Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Don’t listen to the critics: reparations for slavery will right historical wrongs. By Kenneth Mohammed / The Guardian
A Black man’s brutal murder has faded from a Texas town’s memory. By Emanuel Felton / Wash Post
The Met Announces Harlem Renaissance Exhibition for 2024. By Zachary Small / NYT
Soul Music Legend Al Green Releases Absolutely Perfect Lou Reed Cover. By Ed Mazza / HuffPost
What Kind of Artist Was Wayne Shorter? By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
Deion Sanders, be it by sermon, commercial or YouTube, can still sell anything. By Christopher Kamrani / The Atheletic
Sha’Carri Richardson is back and a world champion. By Matenzie Johnson / Andscape
Simone Biles is back — and still doing what other gymnasts don’t even try. By Emily Giambalvo / Wash Post
Shohei Ohtani is doing things on a baseball diamond that scramble the mind. By Joe Posnanski / Wash Post
Love of the game keeps Howard University golfer in pursuit of a pro career. By Mia Berry / Andscape
How Hip-Hop Became America’s Poetry. By John McWhorter / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured ‘I Have a Dream,’ Yesterday and Today. By Darren Sands / NYT
Texas Woman Charged With Threatening to Kill Judge in Trump Election Case. By Alan Feuer / NYT – Image NY Post
Who still likes Donald Trump? Lots of Republicans — but we looked for specifics. By Jonathan Schulman and Matthew A. Baum / Salon
Prominent US firms face allegations of workforce discrimination over diversity efforts. By Reuters and Fox News
We Need Black-Majority States. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Enrique Tarrio and the Curious Case of the Latino White Supremacist. By Yarimar Bonilla / NYT
Green Party candidate Cornel West owes more than half a million dollars in taxes and child support: Records. By Abby Cruz an Laura Gersony / ABC News
HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number. By B. Denise Hawkins / Diverse Issues In Higher Ed
New book ‘The 272’ traces enslavement practices in the US Catholic church. By Bernard G. Prusak / NCR
Churches must lead development in Black communities — if they want it to get done. By Quentin E. Primo / RNS
Women at the first March on Washington: a secretary, a future bishop and a marshal. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Using Frederick Douglass to Rationalize Slavery? In Florida, Yes! By Charles M. Blow / NYT
African American Studies course will be offered in Little Rock School district for college credit, school board decides. By Jamiel Lynch / CNN
How GOP lawmakers are pushing for Confederate monuments to be (legally) set in stone. By Abhinav S. Krishman / USA Today
The Man Who Made the Suburbs White. By Mark Dent / Slate
Morgan Freeman Shines Long-Overdue Spotlight On Black War Heroes In New Documentary. By Jazmin Tolliver / HuffPost
BET Remains White-Owned As Black Bidders Fall Short Of Asking Price. By Zack Linly / Newsone
Michael Oher is now protecting his blind side. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Darryl Strawberry Is Not Trying to Save You. By Michael Bamberger / NYT
