Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Serena Williams, Brittney Griner honored at NAACP Image Awards. By Lorenzo Reyes / USA Today
Black Theology Sings of Freedom. By Dante Stewart / Christianity Today
Republicans use ‘wokeism’ to attack left — but struggle to define it. By Ashley Parker and Liz Goodwin / Wash Post
Black Mayors of 4 Biggest U.S. Cities Draw Strength From One Another. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays / NYT
The State of Black Tampa Bay: An Exclusive Town Hall. By Deanne King / Newsbreak
In Mississippi’s Capital, Old Racial Divides Take New Forms. By Michael Wines / NYT
Rep. Barbara Lee launches U.S. Senate run in California. By Maeve Reston / Wash Post
Did Politics Scrub ‘systemic’ from AP African American Studies Plan. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
The racist idea that changed American education. By Matt Barnum / Vox
At VMI, two classmates — one Black, one White — war over school’s future. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
Who Killed Malcolm X? Family to File $100M Suit v. FBI, CIA, NYPD & Others to Find the Truth. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
These 12 Asian Americans Wonder When the Stereotypes Will Fade. By NYT staff
New research reconsiders writings of a Muslim slave and scholar. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
Nikki Haley says she’s Christian, but it’s complicated. By Khyati Y. Joshi / RNS
Three Black Women Who Preached With the Power of the Holy Spirit. By Kate Hanch / Christianity Today
The Decolonization of Christianity Is Not Complete. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
Abraham Lincoln’s disastrous effort to get Black people to leave the U.S. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
‘The wound hasn’t healed’: Activists recount 1898 Wilmington coup that terrorized Black residents. By Sara Avery / ABC News
Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction. By Robert Greene II / The Nation
Legalize Black History. By Jesse Hagopian / The Progressive
A look into the history of the Black men who built the US Capitol, Tidal Basin and beyond. By Carl Willis / News 4
The South Has Got Something To Say. By Jared Anthony Loggins / Dissent Magazine
An Extraordinary Memoir of a Black American Boyhood. By Bryan Washington / NYT
15 Gangsta Things About Bumpy Johnson, The Real Godfather of Harlem. By Noah A. McGee / The Root
Brittney Griner Will Return to W.N.B.A. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
How apartheid, European racism and Pelé helped cultivate a culture of diversity in US soccer that endures into the MLS. By John M. Sloop / The Conversation
Where Are All the Black Women in Sports Journalism? By Angela Johnson / The Root
National Divorce Is More Popular Than You Think. By Bonnie Kristan / The Daily Beast
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Historians shine light on lesser-known Black History at Bacon’s Castle in Surry County. By Jessica Larche / WTKR
Tiger Woods Is Back. He’s Still a Work in Progress. By Alan Blinder / NYT
