Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
W.E.B. Du Bois’ only grandchild, Yolande Du Bois Irvin, dies at 89. By Felix Carroll / The Berkshire Eagle
$3 million Maryland grant will tackle colleges’ leadership ‘caste system. By Lauren Laumpkin / Wash Post
Spreading the wealth: Black-owned investment firms tackle the racial finance gap. By Patrice Worthy / The Guardian
Is Black Twitter The New Green Book? By Alexandra Jane / The Root
From slavery to Jim Crow to George Floyd: Virginia universities face a long racial reckoning. By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Enslaved to a Founding Father, She Sought Freedom in France. By Martha S. Jones / NYT
Former slaves brought American Thanksgiving to Liberia — and rebooted it. By Vicky Hallett / NPR
The Black people who lived in Walden Woods long before Henry David Thoreau. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Hanukkah’s darker origins feel more relevant in time of rising antisemitism, intense interest in identity. By Michelle Boorstein / Wash Post
Burial Ground Under the Alamo Stirs a Texas Feud. By Simon Romero / NYT
Permission to Imagine. By Lovia Gyarkye / Dissent Magazine
Smokey Robinson stars in new Lifetime movie ‘Miracle in Motor City.’ By Julie Hinds / Detroit Free Press
Inside Soul Train Awards 2021: BET celebrates 50th anniversary of Soul Train getting down. CBS News Video
Chance The Rapper, Dionne Warwick Team Up on ‘Nothing’s Impossible.’ By Ilana Kaplan / RollingStone
Minstrel songs like ‘The Eyes of Texas’ were once common on college football Saturdays in the South. By Carrie Allen Tipton / The Undefeated
Pushed by Players, the N.F.L. Works to Embrace Mental Health. By Anna Katherine Clemmons / NYT
Unfinished History of Indigenous Slavery In America. By Kevin Waite / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Origins of Herschel Walker’s Complicated Views on Race. By Michael Kruse / Politico
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Missing Voices In The Panic Over Critical Race Theory. By Melinda D. Anderson / HuffPost
Guilty, Guilty, Guilty. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
After the Rittenhouse verdict: Will “white freedom” spell the ruin of America? By Chauncey Devega / Salon
In Charlottesville, the Nazis Were Finally Held to Account. By Dahlia Lithwick / Slate
The Conspiracy Theories About Jewish Americans Fueling Today’s Far-Right Have Long Been A Part Of US History. By Jonathan D. Sarna / TPM
Dear White People: Here’s How to Honor Native American. By Mary Annette Pember / Mother Jones
Biden to pick Capitol Hill favorite to run his budget office. By Laura Barron-Lopez and Caitlin Emma / Politico
Biden nominates top diplomat and academic as American ambassador to South Africa, say sources. By Peter Fabricius / Daily Maverick
Pandemic Prompts More Black Americans to Take Up Urban Gardening to End “Food Apartheid.” By Karen Robinson-Jacobs / Mother Jones
University System of Georgia to keep names on buildings with ties to slavery and white supremacy. By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Being American means reckoning with our violent history. By Ken Burns / Wash Post
Are Democrats the “real racists”? Well, they used to be: Here’s the history. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
