Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Calvin Butts, leader of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, dies at 73. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
“The Devil’s Half Acre”: How one enslaved woman left her mark on education. By Michelle Miller / CBS News
Private papers reveal the tactics that helped SCOTUS uphold the use of affirmative action. By Joan Biskupic / CNN
‘We can never forget’: Till movie sparks renewed conversations about the nation’s racist past. By Claretta Bellamy and Candice Williams / NBC News
The Rock Goes Back to Black. By Lauren Michele Jackson / The New Yorker
Sex, Race, and Gender in Bounce Music Culture. By Hettie Williams / AAIHS
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’ Review: In His Own Words. By Lisa Kennedy / NYT
50 Years Ago, Stevie Wonder Heard the Future. NYT Staff
Black Music Sunday: Halloween is the the perfect time to enjoy these spooky tunes. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Dusty Baker Laments Lack Of US-Born Black Players In World Series. By Kristie Reiken / HuffPost
A Tough Start in Texas Turned Jimmy Butler Into an N.B.A. All-Star. By Scott Cacciola / NYT
Kyrie Irving Says He’s Not Antisemitic After Tweeting Link To Controversial Movie. By Keith Reed / The Root
The College-Admissions Merit Myth. By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured We Still Don’t Know Who Won, But Republicans Lost. By Matt Fuller and Sam Brodey / Mother Jones
Raphael Warnock, Herschel Walker, and Black Politic’s Future. By Zak Cheney-Rice / NY Magazine
Democrats are losing Latino voters as Republicans eye opportunities at midterms. By Kai McNamee / NPR
Governor Ron Desantis Uses Lone Florida Governor Debate Continue Spreading His Critical Race Theory Nonsense. By Murjani Rawls / The Root
Slavery Is on the November Ballot in Five States. By Christina Carrega / Capital B
A Group of Former Trump Aides Is Behind Racist and False Anti-Immigrant Ads. By Isabela Dias / Mother Jones
Alabama Senate: Peter Riehm could beat Vivian Figures in Mobile, flipping a Black Democratic seat MAGA. By Molly Olmstead / Slate
Black Republicans are ‘no longer hiding’ as they run for Congress. By Eugene Scott / Wash Post
Affirmative Action’s Last Best Hope. By Justin Driver / NYT
Why Clarence Thomas Gave A Temporary Reprieve to Lindsay Graham From A Federal Subpoena Over Alleged Election Interference. By Jamila Bey / BET
How big finance bankrupts Black America. By Emily Flitter / Fortune
How Black Landowners in the South Are Recovering Lost Generational Wealth. By Cameron Oglesby / The Nation
Kanye West’s antisemitic conspiracy theories and white supremacist rhetoric continues. What is he doing? Aja Romano / Vox
Deconstruction or reconstruction? Pastors discuss a reboot of evangelicalism. By Bob Smietana / Religion News
Why religious piety tells us nothing good (or bad) about politicians. By Paul Waldman / Wash Post
Why White evangelicals won’t recoil against the worst MAGA pols. By Jenifer Rubin / Wash Post
The Transatlantic Slave Trade. By Equal Justice Initiative
