Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Jackie Robinson’s Bill Keefe letter history: “I am happy for you, that you were born white.” By Josh Levine / Slate
Overlooked No More: Jimmie McDaniel, Tennis Player Who Broke Barriers. By Cindy Shmerler / NYT
HBCUs are landing top recruits — but systemic change requires something more. By Kevin B. Blackistone / Wash Post
Bubba Wallace Needed NASCAR Help. Michael Jordan Took It Personally. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
For Derek Jeter, a Hall of Fame Induction Without the Fans. By Tyler Kepner / NYT
The Way Out of America’s Zero-Sum Thinking on Race and Wealth. By Heather C. McGee / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Republican Party is now a terrorist organization — and none of this is a surprise. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Jonathan Metzl on what’s driving polarization in a post-Trump America — and how to fix it. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
The Justice System Is Going Too Easy on the White Insurrectionists. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Texas and the Racist Machinery of Death. By Jordan Smith / The Intercept
How the Patent and Trademark Office Can Promote Racial Justice. By Priti Krishtel / NYT
Black Americans can get ahead by enlisting the support of American capitalists. By Harold J. Logan / Wash Post
Black farmers unconvinced by Vilsack’s ‘root out’ racism vow. By Roxana Hegeman / AP and ABC News
You probably haven’t heard of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. That’s going to change. By Ruth Marcus / Wash Post
A Holistic View of Vaccine Hesitancy. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Why Black-owned businesses are struggling to stay afloat. By Dymond Green / CNBC
Alabama university removes Wallace name from building. By AP and ABC News.
How Enslaved People Found A Pathway to Self-discovery. By Tyler Perry / AAIHS
Prince Hall, American Revolutionary. By Danielle Allen / The Atlantic
The Value of the Federal Writers’ Project Slave Narratives. By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
The complex history of Alexander Twilight, Middlebury’s first Black graduate. By Marina Affo / USA Today
The hidden story of when two Black college students were tarred and feathered. By Karen Sieber / The Conversation
Anna Deavere Smith on Forging Black Identity in 1968. By Anna Deavere Smith / The Atlantic
The Unfulfilled Promise of Julian Bond. By Gene Seymour / The New Republic
Why a shootout between Black Panthers and law enforcement 50 years ago matters today. By Paul Ringel / The Conversation
Fighting school segregation didn’t take place just in the South. By Ashley Farmer / The Conversation
The bright light shining on America’s best Black artists has a fascinating backstory. By By Sebastian Smee / Wash Post
Mary Wilson, a founding member of ‘The Supremes,’ has died. By Joe Sutton and Hollie Silverman / CNN
Curt Flood’s Fight Was About More Than Baseball. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
Kevin Garnett Isn’t Sure His Generation Could Play in Today’s N.B.A. By David Marchese / NYT
