Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Roy Wood Jr’s Surprisingly Personal and Scathing White House Correspondents’ Dinner Roast. By Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast
Bishop T.D. Jakes Announces $1 Billion Partnership With Wells Fargo To Create Mixes-Income Housing Developments. By Sharelle Burt / Black Enterprise
Caste discrimination laws remain fraught. Here’s why they shouldn’t be. By South Asia Scholar Activist Collective / RNS
‘Anti-Asian Racism’ names the sin of white supremacy in Catholic Church. By Clarissa V. Aljentera / NCR
From poverty to fame, Harry Belafonte never lost his moral compass. By Michele L. Norris / Wash Post
Confederate Tributes Are Losing Their Patron Saint. By Brent Staples / NYT
Black Resistance and Lynching Memory: An Interview with Mari N. Crabtree Part I. By Menika Dirkson / AAIHS
Emmett Till’s accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died – here’s how the 1955 murder case helped define civil rights history. By Davia W. Houck / The Conversation
AP course in African American Studies brings Black history to life for these Tulsa students. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
‘Dear Mama’ is Tupac and Afeni Shakur’s beautiful, tragic opus. By Justin Tinsley / Andscape
Cleopatra was not Black, Egypt tells Netflix ahead of new series. By Charlene Gubash and Patrick Smith / NBC News
What Little Richard Deserved. By Hanif Abdurraqib / The New Yorker
What John Blake discovered when he met the White mother he never knew. By John Blake / CNN
Phil Jackson’s insults about Black athletes are nothing new. By David Dennis Jr. / Andscape
In ‘Air,’ Michael Jordan’s silence speaks volumes about the marketing of Black athletes. By A. Joseph Dial / The Conversation
Black quarterbacks make NFL draft history, land in ‘ideal’ spots. By Jason Reid / Andscape
Larry ‘Gator’ Rivers, Longtime Globetrotter Legend, Dies At 73. By AP and HuffPost
Ralph Boston, Who Leaped 27 Feet and Landed in History, Dies at 83. By Glenn Rifkin / NYT
Black American female runners are blazing a new trail in the marathon. By Kelyn Soong / Wash Post
60 years on, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ relevant as ever, say faith leaders. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Race Inquiry Digest (May 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow And The Original Meaning Of Corruption. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
Race Inquiry Digest (May 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Whose Queen? Netflix and Egypt Spar Over an African Cleopatra. By Vivian Yee / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (May 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A California panel has called for billions in reparations for black residents. By AP and NPR People listen to the California reparations task force,…
The corporate attack on democracy. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Why Kamala Harris Matters So Much in 2024. By Thomas L Friedman / NYT
Sen. Ron Wyden asks Harlan Crow for list of Clarence Thomas gifts. By Zoe Richards / NBC News
