Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
My Church Was Part of the Slave Trade. This Has Not Shaken My Faith. By Rachel L. Swarns / NYT
Should White Christians Celebrate Juneteenth? By Chuck Mingo / RNS
The families enslaved by the Jesuits, then sold to save Georgetown. By Rachel L. Swarns / Wash Post
Who was Fort Bragg named after? The South’s worst, most hated general. By Ronald G. Shafer / Wash Post
Celebrating Racial Justice and Equality on Juneteenth. By Alaysia Hackett / The Progressive
A Grad Student Found the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S. By Jennifer Berry Hawes / Propublica
Denmark Vesey Revolt: How House Slaves Betrayed Their Own. By D.L. Chandler / Newsone
Reparations debate: Mending the past, forging the future. By Peter Grier / Christian Science Monitor
Gorsuch echoes ‘woke’ historians in railing against injustices. By Lawrence Hurley / NBC News
The Blackening’ Review: Race Against a Killer. By Lisa Kennedy / NYT
If You Read One Book This Juneteenth, Make it Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon.” By Angela Johnson / The Root
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Horace Silver and ‘Song For My Father.’ By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Bill Cosby sued by 9 more women in Nevada for alleged decades-old sexual assaults. By AP and ABC News
Michael Jordan’s Hornets sale leaves NBA with no Black majority team ownership. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Grizzlies’ Ja Morant suspended for 25 games by NBA. By Tim MacMahon / ESPN
Jackson State reveals first installment of Diddy’s $1 million pledge. By J.T. Keith / Clarion Ledger
US Open 2023 reflects golf’s missed opportunity: No Black players. By Josh Peter / USA Today
The League: A Documentary on Negro League Baseball. By Sam Pollard and Ahmir Questlove / Tribeca Film Festival
Saving democracy at home and abroad requires, and required, diversity and inclusion. By Herbert M. Berkowitz / Tampa Bay Times
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 26) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Why the right is so terrified of “woke”: There are truths it just can’t face. By Kirk Swearingen / Salon
It’ll Take More Than an Indictment to Make Donald Trump Face Justice. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
One Man’s Foray Into the Heartland of the Far Right. By Joseph O’Neill / NYT
Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas By Joel Anderson, Sophie Summergrad, Sam Kodner and Joel Levin / Slate Podcast
Race and immigration issues to watch for 2024 Republican presidential candidates. By Ashley Lopez / NPR
Rep. Bowman looks to 2024 for health equity legislation. By Daniel Payne / Politico
Cornel West Wants to Run for President With Green Party, Ditches People’s Party. By Chris Hippensteel / Daily Beast
