Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
In the Face of Black Pain, Elizabeth Alexander Turns to Art. By Michell S. Jackson / NYT
Why have rappers been virtually shut out of the Grammys’ album of the year category? By Justin Tinsley / Andscape
Colin Kaepernick is bigger than football. It’s time for him to stop looking back. By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
South Carolina’s Dawn Staley has emerged as her generation’s John Thompson. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
The Deion Sanders Effect Is Real: 30 of 32 NFL Team Reps Show Up to FAMU Pro Day To Scope HBCU Talent. By Atlanta Black Star
When a Black team entered Charleston’s Little League tournament in 1955, all hell broke loose. By Chris Lamb / Andscape
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act Will Protect All of Us. By Maya Wiley / The New Republic
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Can We Be Worthy of Ukraine? By George Packer / The Atlantic
Two-thirds of Americans back Judge Jackson for Supreme Court. By John Fritze / USA Today
As momentum builds in Congress to do something about Thomas, impeachment needs to be an option. By Joan McCarter / Daily Kos
In ‘social-emotional learning,’ right sees more critical race theory. By Laura Meckler / Wash Post
Watch “Minneapolis Public School Teachers Strike (A Black Perspective) Pt. 3 .” By Ralph Crowder / You Tube
The “race-obsessed liberal” nightmare: “We have to fight for a country that doesn’t love us back.” By D. Watkins / Salon
A new civil war? Maybe so — but it won’t look anything like the first one. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Biden signs legislation named for Emmett Till making lynching a federal hate crime. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Infant mortality and Black women’s health get attention at conference. By Cristela Gierra / NPR
What the Ginni Thomas text furor warns about an outsize role of faith in politics. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Malcolm X’s Gospel. By Ellen McLarney / AAIHS
Nonviolence explained: A civil rights veteran preaches a ‘quiet no.’ By Dwight A. Weingarten / CS Monitor
Died: Gospel Singer LaShun Pace, Who Praised God from 1970s Revivals to 2020s TikTok. By Rick Szcues / Christianity Today
As Lincoln Memorial turns 100, group hopes to right a century-old wrong. By John Kelly / Wash Post
California group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants. By AP and NPR
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Crash Course Black American History. By Clint Smith / YouTube
The Oscars Still So White Despite Efforts To Diversify Hollywood. By Frederick Gooding Jr. and Ronald E. Moore / Newsone
The Story Behind James Brown’s Legendary Fatback Groove By Dennis Chambers / You Tube
NFL teams must hire women or racial minorities in the 2022 football season. By Ayana Archie / NPR
