Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
A Reckoning With How Slavery Ended. By Eric Herschtal / The New Republic
Lessons of the Radical Republicans: Race, revolution and Reconstruction. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
America, Goddam. Violence, Black Women and the Struggle for Justice. By Treva B. Lindsey.
Danyel Smith Tells the History of Black Women in Pop Music. By Emily Lordi / The New Yorker
Black Music Sunday: Let’s celebrate Easter (and a big anniversary) with Ellington’s Sacred Concerts. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Mississippi Masala: Mira Nair on making Denzel Washington the hottest he’s ever been. By Dan Kois / Slate
It’s Been 75 Years, And People Still Don’t Give Jackie Robinson His Respect. By Law Ware / HuffPost
Honoring the Past by Focusing on the Future. By Andrea Williams / NYT
‘This Is American History’: The Hall of Fame Reconsiders Race. By Tyler Kepner / NYT
Ime Udoka brought not only ‘Coach of the Year stuff’ to Celtics, but representation. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
‘A Magician Up There’: How it Feels to Watch Ja Morant Fly. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
The Danger More Republicans Should Be Talking About. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance Joins Fight Against Russia In Ukraine: ‘I’m Done Talking.’ By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
Florida Legislature Rolls Over As DeSantis Pushes To Eliminate A Black Congressional District. By Matt Shuham / TPM
N.Y. lieutenant governor resigns after being charged with corruption. By Matt Zapotosky / Wash Post
How to explain Tim Scott? By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
House G.O.P., Banding Together, Kills Bid to Honor Pioneering Black Judge. By Annie Karni / NYT
The Student Debt Crisis? It’s Infinitely Worse for Black Women. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Black Mothers Are Dying. The Least We Can Do Is Listen to Their Stories. By Latona Giwa / The Nation
Census Bureau must engage more with undercounted groups, director says. By Tara Bahrampour / Wash Post
Anti-racism: Diverse schools train white parents amid race debates. By Gail Cornwell / USA Today
Jim Limber and the myth of the Confederate president’s adopted Black son. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Ida B. Wells pushed 7 presidents to pass anti-lynching legislation. Now it’s finally law. By Julianne McShane / NBC News
How the Nation’s Oldest Black-Owned Business Survived 141 Years. By Finurah Contributor/Atlanta Black Star
Anita Hill Saw History Repeat Itself at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Hearings. By David Remnick / The New Yorker
Remembering Ronald (X) Stokes and the Politics of Black Solidarity. By M. Keith Claybrook, Jr / AAIHS
