Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
After Jackie: Players who followed Robinson to MLB also faced ongoing racism. By Andrew B Distler / The Undefeated
The ‘Mississippi Plan’ to keep Blacks from voting in 1890: ‘We came here to exclude the Negro.’ By Ronald G. Shafer / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (May 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Richard Wright’s Novel About Racist Police Violence Was Rejected in 1941; It Has Just Been Published. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Race Inquiry Digest (May 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured How civil rights attorney Ben Crump forged his own path. By AP and NBC News
Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan ramps up child care, student aid funding, and more. By Anna North and Ella Nilsen / Vox
FBI Opens Probe into Police Killing of Andrew Brown as Autopsy Confirms He Was Shot in Back of Head. By Democracy Now
3 Indicted On Federal Hate Crime Charges In Ahmaud Arbery Death. By Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost
The problems with policing are vast. Ending qualified immunity should be just the start. By Deborah D. Douglas / Wash Post
Newark cops, with reform, didn’t fire a single shot in 2020. By Tom Moran /Star Ledger Editorial Board
Thanks to DeSantis’ fascist policies, civil-rights lawyers have their hands full in Florida. By Fabiola Santiago / Miami Herald
Republican-led legislatures push forward with efforts to restrict voting access. By Fredreka Schouten / CNN
Gun crazy: For too many Americans, guns are tied to masculinity, patriotism and white power. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Homeland Security Will Assess How It Identifies Extremism in Its Ranks. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs / NYT
Want to Fix the Racial Wealth Gap? Start By Canceling Student Debt. By Sabrina Calazans / The Nation
Her unlikely campaign for governor began at a gravesite in Virginia. By Petula Dvorak / Wash Post
‘Embarrassing Racist’: Native American Orgs Rip Santorum For Claiming There Was ‘Nothing’ Before Colonizers Arrived. By Cristina Cabrera /TPM
Young Black Residents Are Bearing the Brunt of Michigan’s Recent COVID-19 Surge. By Edwin Rios and Sinduja Rangarajan / Mother Jones
The Black Farmer Movement Battling History to Return to the Land. By Molly Schwartz / Mother Jones
Morehouse leaves debate tournament following anti-Black mockery. By Parker Owens / The Undefeated
’The Blinding of Isaac Woodard’: Black World War II veteran fueled civil rights movement. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post/
Georgia park with giant Confederate carving proposes changes. By Sudhin Thanawala / AP and ABC News
Remembering Hubert Harrison, the Father of Harlem Radicalism. By Jeffrey B. Perry / AAIHS
The Craft of John Edgar Wideman. By Elias Rodriques / The Nation
The surprising source Cynthia Erivo found to understand Aretha Franklin. By Yvonne Villarreal / LA Times
At a subdued but innovative Oscar ceremony, Hollywood affirms a message of inclusion. By Paul Farhi / Wash Post
Fifty years ago, Curt Flood walked away from the Senators. He left baseball forever changed. By Chelsea Janes / Wash Post
There were the Negro Leagues, and then there were the Black Fives. By Ade D. Adeniji / CBS News
Carmouche to be 1st Black jockey in Kentucky Derby since 2013. By AP and NBC News
Justin Fields and the double standard of Black quarterback prospects. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
Tucker Carlson, the Chauvin verdict and the burden of “white civilization.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (May 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The ‘Mississippi Plan’ to keep Blacks from voting in 1890: ‘We came here to exclude the Negro.’ By Ronald G. Shafer / Wash Post