Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How a National Movement Toppled Hundreds of Confederate Symbols. By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
Missouri School District Reverses Ban on Toni Morrison Book Following Lawsuit. By Kalyn Womack / The Root
A second look at the blue-eyes, brown-eyes experiment that taught third-graders about racism. Stephen G. Bloom / The Conversation
These Black Photographers Showcase Images Of Black Life That Too Often Go Unseen. By Erin E. Evans and Christy Havranek / HuffPost
Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-Point Game Changed the N.B.A. By Scott Cacciola / NYT
Ticket stub from Jackie Robinson’s majors debut sells for record-breaking $480K. By Joe Hernandez / NPR
NFL must ‘look at everything’ to address minority hiring issues, top executive says. By Mark Maske /WashPost
In hip-hop and basketball, Flau’jae Johnson is a two-way star. By David Gardner / Wash Post
How white supremacy fuels the Republican love affair with Vladimir Putin. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured We Need a New Language for Talking About Race. By Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew S. Curran / NYT
Jelani Cobb on the anti-CRT campaign’s high stakes and the deep roots of fascism in America. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Biden Has Chosen Ketanji Brown Jackson for a Reason. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
The Supreme Court takes on another Voting Rights Act case . By Carrie Jackson / NPR
Republicans pick Putin over democracy — and Rick Scott’s creepy blueprint for America shows why. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
3 Former Officers Are Convicted of Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights. By Tim Arango, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Jay Senter / NYT
After decades of lobbying, supporters say they have the votes in the House to pass a reparations bill. By Emanuel Felton / Wash Post
Bomb Threats Are Roiling Historically Black Colleges and Universities. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
We Need More Black Doctors. By Princess Currence / The Progressive Magazine
When A Prison Sentence Of 10 Years And 6 Months Turns Into Forever. By Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost
Black Social Gospel, Radical Politics, and Internationalism. By William Hogue / AAIHS
The antisemitism animating Putin’s claim to ‘denazify’ Ukraine. By Jason Stanley / The Guardian
Doug Emhoff highlights Black interfaith contributions as new project launches. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Why does Black History Month Matter? By Sandhya Dirks / NPR
The historical truth about women burned at the stake in America? Most were Black. By Kali Nicole Gross / Wash Post
In 1871, Congress Crafted a Law to Break the Klan. Today, It’s Targeting Trump. By Pema Levy / Mother Jones
Many African American last names hold weight of Black history. By Julia Craven / NBC News
The Afro Latino who redefined how Black history is remembered. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Louisiana Civil Rights Trail marks a long road to equality. By Andrea Sachs / Wash Post
Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched A Generation Of Activists That’s Still Fighting. By Phillip Jackson / HuffPost
HBO’s “Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches” makes the 19th century agitator the star he always was. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
